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Relatives carry the body of their kin killed in an attack at beachside restaurant Beach View Cafe on Lido beach, in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, January 22, 2016. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Blasts Heard across Somalia’s Capital on Eve of Vote

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 7, 2017 | World

About three blasts, suspected to be resulted from mortar shelling, was heard on Tuesday across the Somali capital where the authorities had imposed a security lock down on the eve of a presidential vote. No immediate reports of casualties or claims of responsibility...

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A Syrian pro-regime fighter patrold next to a checkpoint in the Shihan neighbourhood in the government-held side of Aleppo, on December 3, 2016. AFP PHOTO / Youssef KARWASHAN

Amnesty: Syria Regime Executes, Tortures Thousands at Military Prison

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 7, 2017 | Middle East

The Syrian regime executed at least 13,000 prisoners in mass hangings and carried out systematic torture at a military jail near Damascus, rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Amnesty said the atrocious executions took place between 2011 and 2015,...

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French President Francois Hollande welcomes Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Elysee Palace.. (photo credit:REUTERS)

Abbas Calls Israeli Settlements an ‘Attack’ On Palestinians, France’s Hollande Hopes Settler Law is Reconsidered

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 7, 2017 | World

The ramp-up of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories opens the way to their annexation, French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Tuesday called a new Israeli law legalizing dozens of Jewish...

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud during king’s official visit to Turkey, April 12, 2016 (Umit Bektas, Reuters

Saudi – Turkish Coordination Council Holds First Meeting in Ankara

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Feb 7, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Ankara- The Saudi-Turkish coordination council announced during King Salman bin Abdulaziz’s visit to Turkey last April that it held its first meeting in Ankara on Tuesday. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and his Saudi...

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Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (L) greets Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Foreign Office in London, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool

May to Netanyahu: Britain Is Committed to a Two-State Solution

by Nazir al-Majli and Asharq al-Awsat | Feb 7, 2017 | Middle East

London, Tel Aviv – British Prime Minister Theresa May told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the start of a meeting between the two leaders that the U.K. government is committed to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. May’s statement...