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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a national address in Naypyidaw on September 19, 2017. (AFP)

Suu Kyi, Myanmar Government ‘Burying their Heads in the Sand’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 19, 2017 | World

In her first public remarks on the violence against Rohingya Muslims, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned on Tuesday any human rights violations in the turbulent Rakhine state as rights groups said a systematic purge was being committed against the minority...

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A Chadian soldier poses for a picture at the front line during battle against the extremist Boko Haram group in Gambaru, February 26, 2015. (Reuters)

Amnesty: Over 300 Civilians Killed by Boko Haram since April

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 5, 2017 | World

The Boko Haram extremist group has killed over 300 civilians in Nigeria and Cameroon since April, revealed Amnesty International on Tuesday. The rights group said that 381 people were killed in what it described as a resurgence of the extremist organization. The spike...

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Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari speaks to reporters during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq December 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily

Iraq: Jaafari Calls on Kurds to Avert Provoking Neighborhood

by Buthaina Abdulrahman | Jul 3, 2017 | Middle East

Vienna- Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has called for taking into consideration neighboring countries when tackling the Kurdish file, warning of any unwise act that might cause the rage of these countries as a hint on the independence referndum Iraqi...

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Young Houthi insurgents sit on the side of a road as they secure a street near the United Nations offices. Reuters file photo

Saleh-Houhi Insurgents Accused of Recruiting 15,000 Children in Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 26, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh- A report published by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Thursday accused Houthi and Saleh militias of increasing their forced recruitment of Yemeni tribal children by bribing their elders with cash and jobs to lure children to the battlefronts without the...

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Akin Ozturk, a former Turkish Air Force commander accused of orchestrating last year’s failed coup, is escorted by gendarmes as he arrives at the court in Ankara, Turkey, May 22, 2017. (Reuters)

Trial Opens against Suspected Coup Instigators in Turkey

by Saeed Abdelrazek | May 23, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – A trial opened on Monday in the Turkish capital Ankara for 221 suspects accused of instigating the failed coup on July 15, 2016. US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen is at the top of the list of these suspects and is being tried in absentia. Gulen is accused...