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A wide view of the United Nations Security Council Chamber in New York is seen March 4, 2015 as Bernardino Léon (shown on screen), the special representative of the UN secretary-general and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefs the Council via video conference on the situation in that country. (AFP Photo/Handout/ United Nations/Mark Garten)

Britain derailing efforts to lift UN arms embargo on Libya: UN representative

by Khalid Mahmoud | Mar 8, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo and Rabat, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libya’s permanent representative to the United Nations has accused Britain of seeking to derail efforts by the internationally recognized government in Libya to persuade the UN to lift an arms embargo preventing the country’s army from...

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A vendor poses with images of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh (bottom) in Sana’a on March 1, 2014. (REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi)

Sanctioning You-Know-Who

by Abubakr Al-Shamahi | Mar 5, 2014 | Majalla Blogs

UN Security Council Resolution 2140 is being billed both as the helping hand that Yemen’s democratic transition needs and as further evidence of international interference in Yemen’s internal affairs. The resolution, passed on February 26, sets up a three-person...

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Rebels from Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front waving their brigade flag on the top of a captured Syrian air force helicopter in Idlib province, northern Syria (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN, File)

Syria Appeals to UN on Al-Qaeda Affiliate

by Alex Edwards | Apr 13, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The recent announcement of a “merger” between Al-Qaeda and the Syrian insurgent group Jabhat Al-Nusra has led the Syrian government to appeal to the UN to sanction the movement. In a letter to the Security Council, Syria’s foreign ministry...

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In this June 27, 2008 file photo from television, the 60-foot-tall cooling tower is seen before its demolition at the main Nyongbyon reactor complex in Nyongbyon, also known as Yongbyon, North Korea (AP Photo/APTN, File)

North Korea to Restart Nuclear Reactor

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 2, 2013 | World

Seoul, Bloomberg—North Korea said it will restart all facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear site shut by a 2007 disarmament accord, in the latest sign Kim Jong Un is expanding his atomic weapons program in the face of international censure. A uranium enrichment plant and...

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North Koreans at a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea, March 29, 2013 (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

North Korea Says Enters “State of War” Against South

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 30, 2013 | World

Seoul, Reuters—North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a “state of war” with South Korea in a continuing escalation of angry rhetoric directed at Seoul and Washington, but the South brushed off the statement as little more than tough talk. The two...