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Egyptian Petroleum Ministry: Aramco to Resume Deliveries

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2017 | Business

Cairo- Saudi giant Aramco is to resume deliveries of oil products to Egypt that have been suspended since last October, the Egyptian petroleum ministry has said. “Currently the timeline for receiving the shipments is being discussed,” the ministry said...

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Displaced Iraqis make their way to get into Hamam al-Alil camp, on a rainy day, south of Mosul, Iraq March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

150,000 Iraqis Flee West Mosul as Rain Hampers Attack on ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 16, 2017 | Middle East

Iraqi authorities said Thursday that more than 150,000 people have fled fighting in and around west Mosul since security forces launched an operation to retake it from jihadists last month. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) released displacement...

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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. AFP

Greek Militants Claim Explosive Parcel Sent to German Finance Ministry

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 16, 2017 | World

A Greek far-left group on Thursday claimed it had sent an explosive-filled envelope to the German finance ministry in Berlin. “We claim responsibility for sending a booby-trapped parcel to the German finance minister,” the Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei group...

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Alpha Condé: Foreign Interference behind Africa’s Problems

by Hatim Betioui | Mar 16, 2017 | Interviews

Conakry (Guinea) – Guinean President Alpha Condé, whose country currently assumes the rotating presidency of the African Union, said problems facing the Dark Continent were mainly due to “foreign interference.” In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Condé...

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A general view shows a damaged classroom at a school after it was hit in an air strike in the village of Hass, in the south of Syria’s Idlib province on October 26, 2016. AFP PHOTO

Healthcare ‘Weaponized,’ Unaccompanied Children Biggest Victims of Syria War

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Children have suffered the most in Syria’s six-year war, UNICEF has said, as a new study revealed that 2016 was the most lethal for health workers in the war-torn country. “For unaccompanied and separated children the situation is even harsher than...