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Members of the United Nations Security Council at the UN headquarters on Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. AP

France Wants U.N. Security Council Action on Syria Chemical Weapons’ Use

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 15, 2017 | Middle East

Paris- France said on Tuesday the United Nations Security Council had to respond over the use of chemical weapons in Syria with a resolution that would punish those responsible for repeated attacks. Syrian regime forces used chemical weapons in opposition-controlled...

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Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) personnel fire artillery during clashes with ISIS militants south of Mosul October 29, 2016. REUTERS

International Rights Body Accuses PMF of Detaining Mosul Escapees

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 3, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad- Human Rights Watch has accused Iraqi paramilitary militias, the Popular Mobilization Forces, of detaining men fleeing from Mosul. The rights body said that PMF units screen those escaping the conflict for membership of the terror group ISIS. PMF militants,...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry departs his plane as he arrives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Ralston/Pool

Washington Backs Off: Ceasefire Agreement Only With Houthis

by Arafat Madabish and Abdul Hadi Habtor | Nov 18, 2016 | Middle East

Aden, Riyadh, Washington-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sent a letter to Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi on Thursday, clarifying his comments about an agreement to stop hostilities in Yemen and reach a durable settlement to the conflict, saying he had...

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Players from Israeli football clubs affiliated with Israel
Football Association, Ariel Municipal Soccer Club and Maccabi HaSharon
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in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel. Amir Cohen / Reuters

Human Rights Watch Accuses FIFA of Supporting Israeli Settlements

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv-Human Rights Watch has responded to the efforts exerted by Palestinians to draw condemnation to Israeli settlements. The organization issued a strongly-worded statement, in which it accused Israel of using occupied Palestinian lands unlawfully and to exploit...

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Yemen Insurgents Cornered by Security Council over Unilateral Actions

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 10, 2016 | Middle East

Taiz, New York-The United Nations Security Council has stressed to all parties involved in the Yemen conflict that any new political arrangements should be the result of an agreement following negotiations under U.N. auspices, and not the result of unilateral actions...