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The population swap between four Syrian towns has resumed after Saturday’s suicide attack in which 126 people died. Photograph: Zein Al-Rifai/AFP

Displacement of Syrians from 4 Towns is Price for Liberating Kidnapped Qataris

by Paula Astih | Apr 20, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Qatar is mediating between Iran and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham for a population swap deal in four Syrian towns, to secure the release of kidnapped Qataris in Iraq, an informed Lebanese source told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on Wednesday. The deal stipulated the...

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A guard walks past the destroyed house of an army commander loyal to the Houthis in Sana’a, Yemen, June 15, 2015. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Houthis Accused of Assassinating Pro-Saleh Commanders in Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 20, 2017 | Middle East

Aden- Two senior commanders among the ranks of armed loyalists backing Yemen’s ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh were killed in an area near Sana’a on Wednesday. Partaking in the insurgency aiming to overturn the internationally-backed government of President...

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Prime Minister Binali Yildirim speaking to the media in Ankara. Reuters

Turkey: Opposition’s Referendum Appeal Rejected

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Apr 20, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- Turkey’s Supreme Election Board rejected on Wednesday all opposition objections to the results of last Sunday’s constitutional referendum, which was passed by 51.4 percent of Turkish voters to officially transfer the country into a presidential regime. The...

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Members of the French RAID police unit leave after searching the home of one of two men arrested in Marseille. AFP

France Terror Suspect also Sought by Belgium

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 20, 2017 | World

Paris- Belgium’s federal prosecutor said Wednesday that a man held in France over a foiled plot to stage an attack ahead of the first round of France’s presidential election was also sought by Belgian authorities. Clement Baur, 23, was one of two people...

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French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault speaks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) during their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China April 14, 2017. REUTERS/Parker Song/Pool

France Has Evidence Assad Regime Used Chemical Weapons

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 20, 2017 | Middle East

London– The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Wednesday that sarin or a similar banned toxin was used in an attack in Syria’s Idlib province on April 4. Reuters quoted the organization’s director, General Ahmet Uzumcu as saying that the...