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Somalia’s newly elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and his wife Zeinab Abdi listen to speeches during his inauguration ceremony in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, February 22, 2017. /REUTERS

Somalia’s New President Calls on al-Shabaab to Surrender

by Khalid Mahmoud | Feb 23, 2017 | World

Cairo – Somalia’s new president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, widely known as Farmajo, officially took office on Wednesday, promising his people that the era of al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab and other Islamist militant groups was over. In his speech, Farmajo reached...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) walks with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull upon their arrival at Admiralty House in Sydney, Australia, February 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Australia PM Slams U.N. Resolution on Settlement, Netanyahu Hails his Stance

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 23, 2017 | Middle East

London, Sydney- Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attacked on Wednesday the United Nations resolution that denounced Israeli settlement on occupied Palestinian territories, as he welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu on his first official visit to the country. The two...

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Men run at a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel held besieged Douma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria February 19, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh/File Photo

Unconditional ‘Geneva 4’ Talks on Syria

by Michel Abu Najm | Feb 23, 2017 | Middle East

Geneva, Tel Aviv- U.N. special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura issued a warning ahead of the fourth round of intra-Syrian peace talks expected in Geneva on Thursday by saying some parties could disrupt the meeting and provoke one side or the other to walk out....

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Staffan de Mistura United Nations Special Envoy for Syria addresses a news briefing after a meeting of the Task Force for Humanitarian Access at the U.N. in Geneva, Switzerland, March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

U.N. Envoy Staffan de Mistura Not Expecting Quick Breakthrough in Syria Peace Talks

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 22, 2017 | Middle East

U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura on Wednesday said he did not expect an immediate breakthrough when Syria peace talks restart this week, but rather productive talks that relaunch the process to reach a political solution to end the six-year conflict. The talks will be...

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A woman makes bread inside her tent at a camp for internally displaced people near Sanaa, Yemen, May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

U.N.: ‘7 Million Yemenis Closer to Famine’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 22, 2017 | Middle East

Aden – Seven million Yemenis are closer than ever to starvation, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in the country warned on Tuesday, almost two years since a conflict escalated between the government and rebels. “Seven million Yemenis do not know where their...