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Al-Shabaab Attacks a Kenyan Military Base in Somalia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 28, 2017 | World

The militant group Al-Shabaab yesterday launched an attack on a Kenyan military base in southern Somalia. This is the second attack that the group that has links to Al-Qaeda has carried out this week. The attack on the Kulbiyow base where Kenyan soldiers are deployed...

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FILE PHOTO: An internally displaced Syrian boy plays with a wheel in Jrzinaz camp, in the southern part of Idlib, Syria, June 21, 2016. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

U.S.-Established Syria Safe Zones Threaten Confrontation with Russia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 28, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, Moscow, Ankara- The Syrian Opposition urged United States President Donald Trump to follow through with the promise of establishing a safe zone within Syria. Political analysts, however, doubted that the step might drag Washington deeper into the Syria...

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Former Sudanese Prime Minister and head of the opposition Umma Party Sadeq al-Mahdi addresses residents displaced by the Merowe dam as they stage a sit-down protest against what they describe as injustice and oppression, inside the Umma Party Headquarters in Omdurman December 24, 2011. REUTERS/ Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

CIA: Sadeq al-Mahdi Policies Detached Sudan from the West

by Mounir al-Manawri | Jan 28, 2017 | Middle East

Washington- After ousting former Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiri in April 1985, there was a 14-month period during which a military council was in charge of the country before handing over the authority to the government of Sadeq al-Mahdi. Two years later the CIA...

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King Salman Centre Transfers 16 Wounded Yemenis to Sudan For Treatment

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 28, 2017 | Middle East

In response to the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the King Salman Centre for Relief and Humanitarian Aid has transferred 16 Yemenis from Taiz to Sudan to receive treatment. The second group of wounded Yemenis from the...

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Southern People’s Resistance militants loyal to Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi move a tank from the al-Anad air base in the country’s southern province of Lahej March 24, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

Houthi-Saleh Militias Collapse in Taiz, New Locations Liberated in Mocha

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 28, 2017 | Middle East

Taiz- Making new advances, Yemen’s army units announced freeing new locations at the key coastal area of Mocha from the control of coup militias and that were packed by Iran-aligned Houthis. Located in the Taiz governorate, Mocha city has long been exploited by...