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UN Secretary-General Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed speaks to the media after the Yemen peace talks in Switzerland in Bern December 20, 2015. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

UN Envoy to Submit to Hadi New Initiative for Crisis Resolution

by Said Al-Abyad | Oct 19, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah – UN Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed is expected to arrive in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to meet with Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and ministers in the Yemeni government, to present highlights of his new initiative for a political solution in...

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Alistair Burt MP, Britain’s Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office

London Calls on UN to Avoid Misleading Information on Yemen

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Oct 17, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh- Britain’s Minister of State for the Middle East Alistair Burt called on Monday United Nations’ agencies operating in Yemen to gather all accessible information in order to avoid being misled. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper during...

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Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. (Reuters)

Long Thorny Road to Building a United Libyan Army

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Oct 16, 2017 | Features

Tripoli – In 2014, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar reunited the Libyan military forces after they became fragmented in wake of their country’s NATO-backed armed uprising against leader Moammar al-Gadhadfi. Under Gadhafi’s regime, the army included a little more than...

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UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. (AFP)

Yemen UN Envoy Underlines ‘Transparent’ Contacts with Houthis

by Badr Al-Qahtani | Oct 14, 2017 | Middle East

London – An official at the office of United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed denied on Friday that any of his aides had contacted Houthi leaders residing in Beirut. The official told Asharq Al-Awsat that the envoy had never even traveled...

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European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. (Reuters)

EU: Washington Does Not Have Authority to Terminate Iran Nuclear Deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 14, 2017 | World

London – European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini stressed on Friday that US President Donald Trump does not have the authority to terminate the nuclear deal world powers signed with Iran in wake of his recent announcement of a new strategy against...