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A Rohingya refugee woman sits next to a newly built makeshift shelter in a camp in the Bangladeshi locality of Ukhia on September 9, 2017. (AFP)

Nearly Half a Billion Dollars Needed for Rohingya Aid in Bangladesh

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 4, 2017 | World

Nearly half a billion dollars in aid are needed for Rohingya Muslims, who have fled a government crackdown in Myanmar and have now sought refuge in Bangladesh, said human rights organizations that have been helping the displaced. Some $434 million are needed over the...

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Ghassan Salameh, UN Libya envoy, arrives for a meeting in Tunis, Tunisia September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Salameh Reviews with Libyan Leaders Means to Resolve Differences

by Jamal Jawhar | Oct 4, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo– UN Envoy for Libya Ghassan Salameh met on Tuesday in Tripoli with the head of the National Accord government, Fayez al-Sarraj and the president of the Supreme State Council, Abdulrahman al-Suweihli. Salameh’s unannounced visit to Libya followed a series of...

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Overview of the United Nations Human Rights Council is seen in Geneva, Switzerland June 6, 2017. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Saudi Diplomacy Stops Project to Internationalize Investigations in Yemen

by Badr Al-Qahtani | Oct 1, 2017 | Middle East

London – The Netherlands surprised the United Nations Human Rights Council by submitting a draft resolution to internationalize investigations in Yemen. Saudi Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Dr. Abdulaziz al-Wassel said that the Netherlands did not announce in a...

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Ghassan Salame, UN Libya envoy, arrives for a meeting in Tunis, Tunisia September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Libyan Committee Discusses Structure of Presidential Council

by AlMunji alSaidani | Oct 1, 2017 | Middle East

Tunis– The unified committee entrusted with amending the Skhirat Agreement met with representatives of Libya’s various political parties on Saturday, for the fifth consecutive day, in the presence of UN Envoy Ghassan Salameh. While no concrete results were reached to...

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An armed man walks on the rubble of houses destroyed by an air strike near Sana’a Airport March 26, 2015. Reuters

Saudi Diplomacy Saves Yemen From ‘Syrian, Korean’ Scenario of Internationalizing Investigations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 30, 2017 | Middle East, Saudi Arabia

London, Geneva- The Dutch project to internationalize the investigations in Yemen, which was proposed by Human Rights Council in Geneva, has ended with the formation of a group of international and regional prominent experts to investigate claimed violations of human...