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Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi holds his hat during a visit to the country’s northern province of Maarib July 10, 2016. (Reuters)

Yemeni President Urges Mayors to Support Forces in Battles

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 24, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh – Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi stressed on Sunday the importance of supporting the national army and the popular resistance in battles. During a meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh, Hadi urged mayors of Maarib, Hajjah, Dhamar, Raymah, Ibb and...

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Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Cartagena, Colombia in 1991. (Getty Images)

Marquez Biographer: He Wanted ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ to Be his First Novel

by Luisa Polido | Apr 24, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London – Gabriel Garcia Marquez always reminded people that he had become very poor by the time he completed writing “One Hundred years of Solitude”, his most famous work, in 1966. He was so poor that he did not have enough money to send the 590 pages of the book from...

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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, attends a banquet hosted by Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Prime Minister, at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool

KSA: Restoring Allowances Indicates Strong Economy

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Apr 24, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- In a new indicator of a Saudi strong economy and its ability to overcome the fall in oil prices, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued on Saturday a royal decree to restore financial allowances for civil servants and military...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud holds official talks in Riyadh with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi/SPA

Saudi-Egyptian Summit Dissipates Doubts

by Naif Al-Rasheed and Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Apr 24, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud held official talks in Riyadh Sunday with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and reviewed bilateral relations and aspects of cooperation between the two countries, in addition to...

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A growing number of women are joining the ranks of the ISIS terror group. (AFP)

ISIS Invests in its Women

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Apr 24, 2017 | Features

Cairo – The recruitment of women to join the ranks of the ISIS group has drawn the attention of observers, who have sought to understand what appeals these women to become part of the most barbaric terrorist organization in recent years. Experts told Asharq Al-Awsat:...