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A Syrian refugee woman looks from a bus as the ferry ‘Diagoras’ is reflected on it after its arrival at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece, on September 8, 2015. (EPA/Yannis Kolesidis)
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Migrant families walk at the railway track at the Hungarian–Serbian border near Roszke village, on September 6, 2015. Europe is deeply divided over how to handle the continent’s biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II. (AFP Photo/Csaba Segesvari)
Opinion: The EU and the Mediterranean Migrant Crisis
I was recently on a trip to Europe and waited for three hours at the Calais train station before I was able to reach the UK. Due to the delays caused by large numbers of migrants in Calais, I arrived in London after midnight. Such chaos obstructing railway activity is...Caption:
Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam in Beirut, in February 2015. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Lebanon PM: We must elect a president soon
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanon is struggling to cope with its myriad domestic problems—rooted in a complex confessional political system—while at the same time attempting to contain the violent spillover from the war raging in next-door Syria. The small country of 4...Caption:
Rain clouds loom over the skyline of Giza, Egypt,on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
The Arab Spring’s Improbable Refugees
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—In a small hotel on Cairo’s Shahab Street the broken dreams of the Arab Spring gather. Three men congregate in the lobby. They watch a Premier League game and share stories of how they lost everything. The hotel guests include Khaled, a Yemeni...Caption:
A Syrian worker living in Lebanon carries wood on his shoulder at a sawmill in the town of Aqbieh, southern Lebanon, on May 22, 2012. (Reuters/Ali Hashisho)