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Salem Abdullah Musabih, 6, is held by his mother as she sits on a bed at a malnutrition intensive care unit at a hospital in the Red Sea port city of Hodaida, Yemen. File photo. © Abduljabbar Zeyad / Reuters

UNICEF: Yemen War Claims Lives of 1,400 Children

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

London- Nearly 1,400 children have been killed during the war in Yemen, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “Around 1,400 children were killed and over 2,140 others have been injured. The actual numbers are likely to be much...

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Residents inspect damage from what activists said was a regime staged air strike, Reuters

Regime Air Raids Render Russian-backed Syria Truce Shaky

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 30, 2016 | Middle East

Clashes, shelling and air raids in western Syria tainted a Russian brokered ceasefire that aims to end nearly six years of war and lead to peace talks between rebels and the ruling regime. Syrian regime warplanes carried out nearly 20 raids against rebels in several...

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Water Supply Crisis in Damascus

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 29, 2016 | Middle East

At least four million people in Damascus have been without safe drinking water supplies for more than a week after springs outside the Syrian capital were deliberately targeted, the United Nations said on Thursday. A resident and rebels in the area said pro-regime air...

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (R) meets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia May 15, 2016. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS

Kerry Arrives, Yemen Anticipates

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Dec 18, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh- In a visit that seems to be the last attempt before departing the White House, the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive today, Sunday, to Riyadh in order to hold discussions with high rank Saudi officials and regional and international leaders to...

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Syrians are evacuated from a rebel-held area of Aleppo. (AFP Photo)

Iran behind Suspension of Aleppo Evacuation

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 17, 2016 | Middle East

Syrian rebels, seeking to oust authoritarian Bashar al-Assad, held Iran and its proxy militias on Saturday for holding up a deal to evacuate civilians trapped in the remaining rebel-controlled eastern Aleppo. The operation to evacuate fighters and civilians from the...