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A boy skips at a school in Yemen’s capital Sana’a sheltering people. Photo: Reuters

U.N. Appeals for 2 $Billion to Avert Famine in Yemen

by Jordan Dakamseh | Feb 9, 2017 | Middle East

New York- The United Nations appealed Wednesday for 2.1 billion dollars to provide desperately needed aid to 12 million people – around half of Yemen’s population – in the war-ravaged country this year. “Two years of war have devastated Yemen and...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Receives President of the Republic of Tatarstan (SPA)

Tatarstan President: Russia, Islamic Countries to Meet in Saudi Arabia

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Feb 9, 2017 | Interviews

Jeddah – Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that Saudi Arabia would soon host a meeting between Russia and Islamic States to discuss joint “strategic vision”. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Minnikhanov said that during his visit to Riyadh, he...

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An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket in the southern city of Ashdod July 9, 2014.- REUTERS

Israel’s Iron Dome Intercepts Volley of Rockets Targeting Eilat

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 9, 2017 | Middle East

London- Israel’s all-weather air defense system, the “Iron Dome,” said Wednesday that it had intercepted rockets targeting southern Israeli port, Eilat. The projectiles were reportedly launched from Egypt’s Sinai peninsula late Wednesday, no casualties...

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Men walk amid the rubble of a house on the outskirts of Sana’a, Yemen, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Washington Planning to Strengthen Ties with Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 9, 2017 | Middle East

London- The White House has said that the United States will continue to work with Yemen to strengthen diplomatic ties between the two countries. “We’re going to continue to work with them to strengthen our diplomatic relationships,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer...

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Followers of Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr leave the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, May 1, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo

Iraq: Protesters Demand New Electoral Law

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 9, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad – Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets in the Green Zone Baghdad, calling for changes in the Iraqi electoral law and establishing an Independent High Electoral Commission. The Sadrist Movement called for the demonstration that took place within...