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Chief Palestinian negotiator Azzam Al-Ahmad (L) of the Fatah movement and Hamas’s exiled deputy leader Musa Abu-Marzuq meet at a hotel in Cairo, Egypt, on September 24, 2014. (AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki)

Hamas, Fatah clinch breakthrough Gaza deal

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Sep 26, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Rival Palestinian groups, Fatah and Hamas, reached an agreement on Thursday to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian national unity government, representatives of both factions have announced. After two days of talks...

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A group of Palestinians prepare to throw roses in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Gaza City on September 18, 2014 in mourning over the loss of fellow Palestinians who had boarded a boat to Europe that sank off Malta last week. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)

Gaza’s Youth, Lost at Sea

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 24, 2014 | Features

Gaza and Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Residents of the Gaza Strip are anxious about the whereabouts of their young relatives who fled Gaza earlier this month in the hope of finding a better life elsewhere. Their disappearance follows the tragic news that a large number...

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This undated file photo shows UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) investigator William Schabas. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

UN Gaza investigator says will not resign despite Israeli pressure

by Nadia Al-Turki | Sep 11, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The head of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) probe into Israel’s war on Gaza has told Asharq Al-Awsat he will not resign from his post despite pressure to do so from the Israeli government and media. Canadian international law expert...

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A general view of the 142nd Arab League foreign ministers’ meeting at the League’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on September 7, 2014. (EPA/Khaled Elfiqi)

Arab foreign ministers vow to help international community fight terrorism

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Sep 8, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sunday’s meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo endorsed the calls from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, to rid the Middle East of terrorist organizations, most prominently the Islamic...

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Volunteers sit in wooden boxes at Parliament Square, to represent living conditions in Gaza, during a protest in London, United Kingdom, on August 14, 2014. (Reuters/Dylan Martinez)

British public opinion shifts after latest Gaza war

by Grace Perriman | Aug 31, 2014 | Features

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—While the skies over Gaza have fallen silent, the struggle between Israel and the Palestinians for global public opinion continues as it has for the best part of a century. In the UK, the recent fighting in Gaza has led to a small but...