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Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen. U.N. Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Yemeni Government Says Int’l Reports not Impartial

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 18, 2017 | Middle East

Aden, Taiz- Yemen’s Deputy Minister of Human Rights Dr. Mohamed Askar accused Houthi and Saleh militias of looting food and medical aid provided by humanitarian organizations to those in need in areas under the control of the insurgents. The government also...

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Special Representative and Head of the U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Martin Kobler. U.N. Photo/Manuel Elías

Tunisian, Algerian, Egyptian Foreign Ministers Hold Meeting on Libya

by Khalid Mahmoud | Feb 18, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- A tripartite meeting bringing together Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria to find a solution to the Libyan crisis will be held on Sunday instead of March 1, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. In an official statement, the ministry said: “Upon...

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A boy runs as he rushes away from a site hit by what activists said were airstrikes by forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus. Photo: Reuters

New U.N. Team to Look into Syria War Crimes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 17, 2017 | Middle East

Geneva- A new body is being set up at the United Nations in Geneva to prepare prosecutions of war crimes committed in Syria, U.N. officials and diplomats said on Thursday. The General Assembly voted to establish the mechanism in December and U.N. Secretary-General...

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Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen. U.N. Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Pressure against Renewing Ould Cheikh Term Dissipates after Quartet Meeting

by Badr Al-Qahtani | Feb 17, 2017 | Middle East

London – The statement of U.S. Department of State on Yemen reduced the Houthis pressure pushing towards not renewing the term of U.N. special envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed – the statement showed continuous support to the U.N.-led process and Ould...

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File picture shows a military base at the international airport in Juba, South Sudan. AFP

U.N.: South Sudan War Reaches ‘Catastrophic Proportions’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 16, 2017 | Middle East

New York- A confidential U.N. report is warning that the war in South Sudan has reached “catastrophic proportions for civilians” and the rise of militias risks spinning out of control, fueling fighting for years to come. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio...