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African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) soldiers patrol following a car bomb in the Wardhigley District south of Mogadishu on February 27, 2015. The bomb killed one person and injured another. AFP PHOTO/Mohamed Abdiwahab (Photo credit should read Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)

Shabaab Bombings in Somalia’s Mogadishu Leave at Least 14 Dead

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 13, 2017 | World

At least 14 people were killed on Monday in two separate bombings in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The first was a car bombing near a hotel on a busy street in the capital. At least 13 people were killed, police and the emergency medical services said, hours after a...

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Children react after what activists said was shelling by Assad forces near the Syrian Arab Red Crescent center in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus. Reuters

Over 320,000 People Dead in Syria War amid Rising Violence against Children

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 13, 2017 | Middle East

Syria’s war has killed just over 320,000 people since it erupted six years ago as violence against children in the war-ravaged country was “at its worst” in 2016, a monitor and the UN’s children’s agency said Monday. The Britain-based...

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FILE PHOTO: Jordan’s King Abdullah speaks during the opening of the third ordinary session of the 17th Parliament in Amman, Jordan, November 15, 2015. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed/File Photo – RTSVLAL

Jordan’s King Underscores Joint Arab Action

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 13, 2017 | Middle East

Amman- Jordan’s King Abdullah II emphasized joint action uniting Arab states against regional turmoil and in face of such a decisive political juncture. King Abdullah II stressed Sunday on the necessity for activating joint Arab cooperation and unifying Arab ranks at...

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Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir speaks during a news conference. Reuters

Riyadh Suggests Forming Joint Committee with Baghdad to Boost Relations

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Mar 13, 2017 | Interviews

Riyadh- Undersecretary of the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Bilateral Affairs Nizar bin Isa al-Khairallah said that Saudi Arabia suggested establishing a joint committee to serve as an umbrella for enhancing political, economic and social relations between the...

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British PM Theresa May watched experiments in a lab at a school. AFP

British PM to Reform Education System

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 13, 2017 | World

London – British Prime Minister Theresa May announced she has a “personal mission” to increase the capacity and diversity of the school system which is divided into two categories: poor pupils in free official schools and rich in private and grammar schools who...