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French President Emmanuel Macron stands between Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj (L), and General Khalifa Haftar (R), commander in the Libyan National Army (LNA), who shake hands after talks over a political deal to help end Libya’s crisis in La Celle-Saint-Cloud near Paris, France, July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Sarraj Stresses Holding Elections to Resolve the Libyan Crisis

by Khaled Mahmoud and Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 10, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo, Tunisia — Head of Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Sarraj stressed the importance of holding the parliamentary and presidential elections to resolve the current crisis in the country. Following his meeting with Turkey’s special envoy to Libya...

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The IOM said that some 600,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their country. (AFP)

IOM: 600,000 Syrian Refugees Return Home

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 12, 2017 | Middle East

London – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Friday that large numbers of Syrians, who had fled the war in their country, have started to return home. It announced that some 603,000 people have returned to their cities and villages, in what...

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A street sign reading “Austria” and “Brenner – Brennero” is pictured in the Italian village of Brenner on the Italian-Austrian border, Italy, May 3, 2016. REUTERS/ Dominic Ebenbichler

Austria Statements about Controlling Border Upsets Italy

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 5, 2017 | World

Rome- The statements by Austrian defense minister about controlling the surge of refugees to it from Italy have upset Rome that summoned its ambassador on Tuesday. In its statement, the ministry said that the Austrian government statements on deploying the army forces...

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In this video grab released by the Italian Coast Guard in 2015, migrants sit in a boat during a rescue operation off the coast of Sicily as part of the Frontex-coordinated Operation Triton. (AFP)

IOM: Thousands of Migrants Rescued in Mediterranean over Weekend

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 18, 2017 | World

Thousands of migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean over the long weekend, UN aid agencies said on Tuesday. They said that some 9,000 mainly African migrants were rescued after being put by smugglers in Libya onto unseaworthy boats heading toward Italy. The...

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Migrants arrive at the Sicilian port of Augusta, near Siracusa, Italy, on March 21, 2014. (REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello)

Italy rescues more than 4,000 migrants, operations ongoing

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 21, 2014 | World

Rome, Reuters—Italy’s navy has rescued more than 4,000 migrants from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily in the past four days and several other rescue operations are still ongoing, officials said on Friday. This week’s warm spring...