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Lebanese members of parliament attend a session in Beirut, May 31, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Coexistence Is the Last Chance to Avoid the Precipice

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Apr 20, 2017 | Opinion

Last week, Egypt’s Coptic Christians cancelled Easter celebrations in mourning for those who were killed in two separate terrorist explosions targeting churches in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria. In Iraq too, new maps are being drawn by sectarianism, while...

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Human Rights Watch: Houthis Used Banned Mines in Yemen

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

Human Rights Watch has accused Houthi putschists, and their allies, of using banned landmines in Yemen, resulting in the maiming and deaths of “hundreds of civilians.” “Al-Houthi rebels and pro-Saleh forces have used antipersonnel landmines in at least six...

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Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) welcomes US Defense Secretary James Mattis at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

US Defense Secretary Mattis Pledges Support for Egypt’s Sisi

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

United States Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Thursday, vowing to uphold support for the American ally on his first regional tour. Sisi’s visit Washington in April marked a shift in relations after US...

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Saudi Woman, Two Syrians Arrested in Saudi Arabia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 20, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Saudi judiciary sentenced on Wednesday a Saudi citizen to six years in prison and banned her from traveling for supporting ISIS and seeking to join it. Saudi authorities foiled her attempt to travel to Syria with her children, through Yemen, and arrested her...

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Wladimir Klitschko: ‘One thing I believe is I don’t feel my age. It’s not empty words. I am getting in the best shape of my life.’ Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images

Wladimir Klitschko: ‘This May Sound Arrogant, But I Am Like Mount Everest’

by Sachin Nakrani | Apr 20, 2017 | Sports

Stanglwirt is a sprawling bio-hotel located in the Austrian Alps and which at first glance looks like the setting for a slow-burning, creepy horror movie. With its mountainous background and somewhat kitsch interior – heavy wood paneling, stripy sofas – it brings...