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Turkey Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is pictured after his speech during conference in Ankara, June 18, 2013. Police raided addresses across Turkey on Tuesday and detained dozens of people in an operation linked to three weeks of often violent protests against Erdogan. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (TURKEY – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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Iraqi’s take part in a funeral for a man said to have been killed during fighting in Syria’s Sit Zeinab neighbourhood on the southern outskirts of Damascus, in Basra on May 6, 2013. AFP Photo/Razmi Al-Shaban
Baghdad acknowledges presence of Iraqi fighters in Syria
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The government of Iraq made its first implicit admission of the presence of Iraqi fighters in neighboring Syria on Tuesday. Ali Musawi, media advisor to Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki, said: “The Iraqi government is committed to a policy...Caption:
Demonstrators raise their fists during a demonstration on May 1, 2013. A strike stopped ferry services to the Greek islands and disrupted public transport in the capital Athens ahead of May Day protests Wednesday against Greece’s prolonged economic austerity policies. (AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINI)
Opinion: The end of politics
A love-sick widower wrote the following epitaph on his late wife’s tombstone: “The light of my life has been put out.” Having spent years in aching loneliness, the man fell in love with another woman, who provoked his desire for marriage. He then...Caption:
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Benomar calls on Hudaydah activists to protest peacefully
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, visited the Al-Hudaydah governorate in the east of the country earlier this week, where he is met with representatives of the Al-Herak Al-Tihami movement that advocates the rights of the Tihamah...Caption:
Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal gestures during a news conference at his office in Riyadh December 4, 2012. (Reuters/Fahad Shadeed)