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Yemen’s exiled Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah (C) arrives at Aden airport in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on August 1, 2015. (EPA/STR)

Yemen to appoint new PM, reduce ministries: official

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Sep 4, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi is set to appoint a new prime minister and reduce the number of ministries “within the next few days”, a government source has said, in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at “reducing costs and...

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Damage inside a mosque used by members of a local security force, where a suicide bomber killed at least 15 people in an attack on Thursday, is pictured in Abha, southwest Saudi Arabia, on August 6, 2015. (Reuters/Saudi Press Agency/HO)

Saudi Arabia identifies mosque attack bomber

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Aug 9, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi authorities on Saturday identified the suicide bomber who carried out Thursday’s attack on a mosque in the country’s southwestern region as 21-year-old Saudi citizen Youssef Bin Suleiman Abdullah Al-Suleiman. The Interior Ministry said...

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In this photo released by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Saudi officials and investigators, background, check a mosque inside a police compound after a suicide bombing attack, in the city of Abha, the provincial capital of Asir, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

ISIS claims Saudi Arabia mosque bombing

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Aug 7, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—A group affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for Thursday’s bombing that killed and injured several people, including security personnel, at a mosque in southern Saudi Arabia. A suicide...

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Yemen’s Vice President Khaled Bahah (C) speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Aden’s airport, Aden, Yemen, on August 1, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)

Yemen’s exiled vice president returns to Aden

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Aug 2, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s exiled Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah returned to Yemen on Saturday for the first time since March, when he was placed under house arrest by Houthi rebels and then forced to flee the country. “I aim to return...

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Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir (R) meets with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on July 27, 2015. (Saudi Press Agency)

Saudi FM denounces Iran’s “aggressive” rhetoric following nuclear deal

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Jul 28, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh and Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir on Monday criticized recent “aggressive statements” made by Iranian officials towards other countries in the region, following Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers on...