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People gather at the site of Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen’s central city of Taiz August 21, 2015. Iranian-allied fighters controlling much of Yemen said on Friday air strikes led by Saudi Arabia killed 43 people in the central city of Taiz. REUTERS/Stringer

Houthis Caused the Death of 142 People in January, Most of Which Are Children

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

Taiz- A humanitarian relief coalition based in Yemeni governorate, Taiz, issued a report citing over 142 Houthi-linked deaths and some 477 injuries caused by Iran-aligned coup militias. Incidents affected both women and children. Published, last January, the report...

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Trump Vows Strong Support for NATO in Call with Stoltenberg

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

Washington – President Donald Trump pressed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s general secretary on how to encourage member nations to pay more for their defense while expressing “strong support” from the U.S. for the alliance, according to readout of the...

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OPEC logo is pictured ahead of an informal meeting between members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Algiers, Algeria September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina/File Photo

OPEC Compliance Reaches Peak in January

by Wael Mahdi | Feb 7, 2017 | Business

Khobar – This is not the first time OPEC countries agree to reduce product, but it is the first time compliance with the agreement reaches 80%-90%, the highest level in the history of OPEC. Five surveys of OPEC outcome in January revealed that OPEC abided by the...

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Police secure a street near to the scene of a shooting in Munich, Germany July 22, 2016. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Two Germans Arrested over Terror Charges in Turkey

by Majid al-Khateeb | Feb 7, 2017 | World

Cologne – Public Prosecution in Bremen confirmed what Bild newspaper has published on arresting two Germans in Turkey in the framework of an arrest campaign launched by the Turkish security forces few days ago. Adnan Sutkovic from Bremen and Zulhajrat Seadini...

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Members of the Iranian Army march during a parade marking the anniversary of the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war, which lasted from 1980 to 1988, in Tehran, Iran September 22, 2015. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA

CIA Documents: Who Started the Iran-Iraq War?

by Mounir al-Manawri | Feb 7, 2017 | World

Washington- One of the certain failures of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is that it waited seven years after the Iran-Iraq war sparked to ask the analysts and experts in Iraqi and Iranian affairs a simple question: who started the war? CIA analysts prepared a...