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Children in Yemen (Source: © Reuters)

Iran-Aligned Houthis Add Child Abduction to List of Violations

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | Dec 5, 2016 | Middle East

Jeddah- Yemen insurgents have officially removed the national anthem from schools in areas under their control. The national anthem was forcibly replaced with a sectarian ballad known by “Iranian Yelp,” in addition to the Houthi-led militias forcing school...

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Military vehicles of Iraqi security forces are seen during a battle with ISIS militants in Mosul, Iraq, December 4, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

Iraqi Forces Liberates Several Towns in Mosul

by Asharq Al-Awsat, Agencies | Dec 5, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad – Iraqi Security Forces resumed its offensives on the left coast of Sharqat, after three-day halt due to bad weather. Security forces managed to liberate Kanous town and other villages, according to a source at Saladin police department. The source added that...

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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas gestures as he gives a speech during a rally marking the 12th anniversary of the death of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 10, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI

Fatah Congress Ends with a ‘Hardheaded’ Statement

by Kifah Ziboun | Dec 5, 2016 | Middle East

Ramallah- President of the Palestinian State Mahmoud Abbas, also known by Abu Mazen, boasted about the Palestinian leading party, Fatah, proving able to sustain an independent national decision. Abbas’ statement hints that international intervention was attempted....

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Jamie Vardy has scored twice in the Premier League this season as he has struggled to follow up his 24-goal haul from Leicester City’s run to the title in the last campaign. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters

Claudio Ranieri Tries to Find Leicester’s Balance after League Title Hangover

by Paul Doyle | Dec 5, 2016 | Sports

Claudio Ranieri’s greeting for Kasper Schmeichel on Thursday was also the most tender of fitness tests. Until then the goalkeeper had offered the manager only his left hand since fracturing his right one in the Champions League draw at FC Copenhagen on 2 November but...

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Cubans chant ‘I am Fidel!’ as the motorcade carrying the late ruler’s ashes leaves Cespedes Park in Santiago Cuba on Friday (AP)

Castro’s Last Wishes: No Monuments or Statues in my Name

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 5, 2016 | World

Santiago de Cuba – Cuba laid the ashes of Fidel Castro at Santiago de Cuba’s Santa Ifigenia cemetery in a private ceremony that was closed to the general public, concluding with that the country’s nine days of mourning. Thousands of people lined on the sides of...