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In this photo taken February 2016, children peer from a partially destroyed home in Aleppo, Syria. Alexander Kots/AP


OIC Calls for Emergency Summit on Syria

OIC Calls for Emergency Summit on Syria

Jeddah–The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called for holding an emergency Islamic Summit to discuss the deteriorating situation in Syria, in particular in the city of Aleppo. During an extraordinary session of the OIC at the delegates’ level on Sunday,...
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People perform the Alasr prayers during the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, Yemen, June 24, 2016. (Photo by Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Reuters)


Houthis Seek to Politicize Mosque Sermons

Houthis Seek to Politicize Mosque Sermons

Jeddah-Houthis have launched a campaign to politicize religious sermons in areas that fall under their control. They also began forcing mosque preachers to announce loyalty to the rebels, which compelled most supporters of the legitimate government to refrain from...
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Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi speaks to media after the Yemen peace talks in Switzerland in Bern December 20, 2015. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich


Hadi Accepts 72-Hour Ceasefire in Yemen

Hadi Accepts 72-Hour Ceasefire in Yemen

Jeddah, Aden-Yemen’s Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi asserted that President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi had met with U.S. and U.N. officials this week and had agreed in principle to a 72-hour ceasefire. In an interview with Reuters conducted in New York,...
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Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as they pray inside and outside the grand Mosque in Makkah