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US Charges Lebanese ‘Hezbollah Financier’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 25, 2017 | Middle East

A Lebanese businessman was on Friday charged in the US for violating sanctions through his support for Lebanon’s “Hezbollah,” less than two weeks after he was reportedly deported to the United States from Morocco. Kassim Tajideen, 62, pleaded not guilty in federal...

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Israeli settlements (Reuters.)

UN: Israel Ignores Demand against Settlements

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 25, 2017 | Middle East

Israel has ignored a United Nations Security Council resolution asking it to halt settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territory, Nickolay Mladenov, the world body’s Middle East envoy, said Friday. Although the Security Council resolution passed...

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Displaced people are checked by Iraqi forces as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 25, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Iraqi Forces Pause Mosul Push, UN Stunned by Multiple Civilian Casualties

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 25, 2017 | Middle East

The United Nations expressed grave concerns on Saturday over reports of high civilian casualties in the Iraqi city of Mosul. “We are stunned by this terrible loss of life,” Lise Grande, the humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, said in a statement, after...

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Dr. Abdulaziz al-Wassel. (UN Watch)

Riyadh Calls for More International Experts at UNHRC Office in Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 25, 2017 | Middle East

Geneva – Saudi Arabia called for assigning more international experts at the United Nations Human Rights Council office in Yemen. The move aims at backing the investigations of the Independent National Committee in identifying violations committed on the ground....

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View of meat and by-products for sale at a butcher’s shop, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Reuters)

Egypt Resumes Brazilian Meat Imports

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 25, 2017 | Business

Egypt announced on Saturday that it has resumed imports of Brazilian meats, two days after it said it was suspending them until the meat was confirmed safe for consumption. The agriculture ministry said in a statement it had resumed imports from authorized Brazilian...