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The Syrian Shayrat airfield base is pictured in undated before and after (taken April 7, 2017) satellite imagery, in Homs Syria. ImageSat International N.V. © 2017/Handout via REUTERS

Syria… What about Israel?

by Tariq Alhomayed | Apr 11, 2017 | Opinion

In response to the US missile attack against al-Shayrat airbase – controlled by Assad regime- the so-called joint command center (Russia-Iran-Assad) besides other armed groups including the terrorist “Hezbollah” announced that the US attack has crossed “red lines” and...

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French FM Jean-Marc Ayrault, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and their counterparts at the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Italy on April 10, 2017. (AFP)

G7 Sees ‘No Future in Syria Possible with Assad’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 11, 2017 | Middle East

No future in Syria is possible with regime leader Bashar al-Assad, the G7 foreign ministers insisted on Tuesday. There can be no peace solution for war-torn Syria with Assad in power, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told reporters. The ministers were meeting...

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Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi during a news conference in Sanaa. Reuters

Hadi Calls Yemenis to Join Army to Conclude Liberation of the Country

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 11, 2017 | Middle East

Aden- Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi has called Yemenis to integrate and unify their efforts in front of all hindrances. “Remember, our greatest party and doctrine is Yemen, which gathers us all with our different spectrums, and our enemy is one; the...

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Policemen guard next to the court before the detention hearing of the suspect in the attack in Stockholm, Sweden. (Reuters)

Stockholm Attack Suspect Confesses to Committing ‘Terror’ Crime

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 11, 2017 | World

Rakhmat Akilov, the suspect held in last week’s truck attack in Stockholm, admitted on Tuesday that he had committed a “terrorist crime.” The 39-year-old Uzbek and extremist sympathizer mowed down pedestrians on a busy street, killing four people and injuring 15...

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Turkish police stand guard in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey. (Reuters)

At Least 4 Injured in Blast in Turkey’s Diyarbakir

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 11, 2017 | World

A strong explosion rocked Turkey’s Diyarbakir, the largest Kurdish majority city in the country, days ahead of a referendum on broadening President Tayyip Erdogan’s powers. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said that the explosion was an “accident”,...