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Yemeni soldiers stand guard outside the cabinet headquarters in Sanaa – (AfP)

Yemeni President: Houthis Won’t Succeed in Imposing Iranian Experiment in Yemen

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Mar 22, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh – Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi confirmed that Houthi and Saleh militias can’t impose the Iranian experiment on Yemenis, adding that the whole world is with the legitimate government. During his speech at a graduation ceremony of a batch of members of...

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U.N. special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday/ Reuters Michaela Rehle

Ignoring ‘Political Transition’ Lowers Syrian Expectations Ahead of Geneva

by Caroline Akoum | Feb 20, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Few days prior to the new round of talks expected in Geneva this week and after the failure of the Astana meeting to bolster ceasefire in Syria, the opposition was looking with cautious optimism at all the recent developments anticipating the Feb. 23 round of...

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Chief of General Staff: Operations in Yemen not Affected by Attack on Saudi Frigate

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 6, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah- Abdulrahman Al-Bunyan, chief of the General Staff of Saudi Arabia, said that the attack on the Saudi Frigate will not prevent the coalition forces from continuing their military operations, until they achieve their key target of helping the Yemeni people and...

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US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (C) hosts defense ministers of the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL (ISIS) at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, July 20, 2016. / AFP / SAUL LOEB

Global Coalition against ISIS’s Chiefs of General Staff Meet in Saudi Arabia

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Jan 15, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Saudi Arabia hosts in Riyadh on Sunday the general staff chiefs of fourteen countries of the Global Coalition Against ISIS. Representatives of Saudi Arabia, U.S., Jordan, UAE, Bahrain, Turkey, Tunisia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco and...

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Prominent Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during news conference in Najaf, south of Baghdad, April 30, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Sadr Calls for Change in National Iraqi Alliance

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 2, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad, London – Two days after Shi’ite Supreme Religious Authority Ali Sistani refused to receive the National Iraqi Alliance delegation, Sadrist Movement Leader Muqtada al-Sadr said this was a “public rejection” for the current alliance. Sadr issued a...