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...’s pleasure cruiser, Al Mansur (meaning ‘The Victor’), bombed in 2003 But there were signs, too, of change....
...Some of the CHP’s key policies are also contentious internationally, including a pledge to reconcile with Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s president, and return Turkey’s 3.6m Syrian refugees....
...But the outreach video released in April on al-Emarah, the Taliban’s news agency, made no mention of this bloody history....
...A resurgence of fighting along frontlines in Al Jawf and Marib undermined recent UN attempts to secure a political settlement....
...The country was expelled in 2012 after President Bashar al-Assad used government forces to crack down on protests against him....
...“We remain cautiously optimistic about the outlook for South Sudan, however, output will take time to ramp up,” said Mansur Mohammed, research manager for the upstream oil industry in sub Saharan Africa....
...“After Saleh’s death, the fighting stopped everywhere in Sana’a and that means the Houthis control everything and no one can oppose them today,” Bilal al-Ansi, who works in a clothes store in the capital...
...“The [Trump] administration change definitely helped,” Khaled al-Abbadi, the Yemeni central bank’s deputy governor for foreign banking operations, told the Financial Times....
...That morning, I knelt in front of Abd al-Hamid Lahori’s exquisite rendering of the emperor holding court, an elephant in the right foreground, and noted for the first time that the tusker had been painted...
...The ground offensive is being co-ordinated by Mohammed bin Nayef Al Saud, the Saudi crown prince, who provided key intelligence for the coalition’s Aden landing; Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, the Saudi...
...We produce about 150,000 bpd [barrels a day] and even more than that is refined,” said Eizzat Sabir, an MP in the KRG parliament....
...Less than three years after Sudan split into two countries, the regime of Omar al-Bashir faces rising – and widespread – popular dissent....
...“In the border towns of course the stress is higher,” says Yusuf Mansur, an economist and commentator....
...His successor Abdu Rabu Mansur, who was appointed in February after he won a popular referendum, is struggling to lead Yemen through a two-year transition marred by recurring violence, high unemployment,...
...As many as 200 people have died in the past week as the administration of Abdu Rabu Mansur Hadi, the new president has tried to dislodge Islamist militants from territory they seized during the near year-long...
...“We have made some progress on oil and other issues, but I don’t think we will reach conclusion or agreement before August 2,” Sabir Hassan, head of Sudan’s economic negotiating team, told the Financial...
...Its decision to become a gold trader was “politically motivated by the need for foreign exchange,” says Sabir Hassan, head of the ruling National Congress party’s economic team and former central bank governor...
...In Sana’a, Abdu Rabu Mansur Hadi is not just the only candidate. He is also intimately tied to the old regime, in which he served as vice-president to Ali Abdullah Saleh, the leader for 33 years....
...Outside a church in the Mansur neighbourhood, three guards were fatally shot. The Shia holy city of Karbala, a popular pilgrimage site, was targeted, and 10 people were killed....
...The US and Saudi Arabia fear that the increased lawlessness will help al-Qaeda gain control over the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait, thereby choking global oil supplies....
...The attack in the southern port city of Aden showed the potential for violence in the fractious nation, even though the poll is uncontested: Mr Saleh’s vice-president Abdu Rabu Mansur Hadi is the only candidate...
...The president of 33 years has reneged on a promise to leave the country for medical treatment, while Abdu Rabu Mansur Hadi – vice-president and supposed caretaker leader – has been forced to deny claims...
...Government officials said Abdu Rabu Mansur al-Hadi, the vice-president now delegated with executive authority, would name an opposition party leader as his interim prime minister very shortly – significant...
...al-Hadi – a transition the Saleh government said would take effect immediately the deal was signed....
...“This is a proud nation, not some playground,” said Belqees al-Lahabi, a prominent female activist. “Our rights and our future cannot be bargained away by political games....
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