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  • Yemen's Hadi says he is still president, thousands protest in support

    Thousands of Yemenis on Sunday took to the streets in the central province of Taiz to express support for the legitimacy of resigned President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi. The massive march roamed several streets in the city of Taiz to voice support for Hadi's legitimacy and denounce what they described as a coup by the Shiite Houthi movement, according.. More

  • Yemen's Hadi declares Houthi power grab illegal

    Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has declared as invalid and unconstitutional all actions taken by the Shia Houthis after September 21 when the group moved into Sanaa. In a statement issued to Al Jazeera late on Saturday, Hadi said that he was upholding decisions adopted by the national dialogue and the agreement reached by Gulf Arab states.. More

  • Muslim insulted and shouted at in Milan

    The Independent reported that a student in Italy dressed in traditional Islamic clothing appears to have been the subject of a string of derogatory comments as the public’s reaction to his appearance was caught on camera. Hamdy Mahisen, who is of Egyptian origin, attracted stares and insults as he walked around Milan for five hours, while holding.. More

  • Assad forces kill 48 civilians in Aleppo

    Syrian regime forces killed 48 civilians in Hardatnin village in Aleppo in northern Syria, according to a statement released Saturday by the Syrian Revolution General Commission. Regime forces killed 48 civilians by shooting or slaughtering the victims before withdrawing from the village Friday night. The victims included women and children. The massacre.. More

  • Syrian opposition captures key towns in Aleppo province

    Syrian opposition forces have recaptured key towns in the northern Aleppo countryside after intense battles with regime forces, activists have told Al Jazeera. Opposition said regime forces had been supported by Hezbollah and Iranian fighters. Meanwhile, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), said regime forces had withdrawn to.. More

  • Yemeni leader leaves Sanaa after weeks of house arrest

    Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who quit last month as Yemen's president following pressure from Shia Houthi rebels, has managed to slip house arrest and reportedly fled to the city of Aden. Hadi left his home in the capital Sanaa, which was under siege from Shia Houthi rebels who forced him to resign. The house was reportedly ransacked, Al Jazeera correspondents.. More

  • Syria's Assad regime burned hundreds of people

    Syrian regime forces have burned at least 82 people to death, including 47 civilians and 18 children, a joint report released by two non-governmental organizations claimed Wednesday. The report prepared by the Geneva-based Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights and the Syrian Network for Human Rights specifically pointed out the atrocities committed by.. More

  • Afghan Taliban to meet US officials for talks in Qatar

    Negotiators of the Afghan Taliban are set to hold a first round of peace talks with US officials in Qatar, according to media reports. Previous efforts to negotiate an end to a war that began in late 2001 have proved fruitless, but the latest signals raised hopes of a much-needed boost for new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. "The first session.. More

  • Syrian children protest Assad airstrikes in 'cage'

    The activist group, "Raqqa is being slaughtered silently", held a demonstration by placing a number of children and women in a cage to draw the world’s attention to the Asad regime's air attacks that saw hundreds of children being burned alive. The children, wearing orange jumpsuits, were holding banners with slogans condemning President.. More

  • West pushes for peace as Ukraine truce teeters

    Western leaders are seeking to save the ceasefire deal between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels as the rivals refuse to withdraw heavy weaponry from the established buffer zone as agreed. The warring sides were scheduled to begin scaling back after midnight on Monday, but both of them said they were not going to do so. Vladimir Kononov,.. More

  • Yemen parliament blocs boycott Houthi meeting

    Most of the blocs in Yemen's parliament on Monday boycotted a meeting called for by the Shiite Houthi group. "The meeting failed to materialize after it was boycotted by most parliamentary blocs in the House of Representatives," a parliamentary source, requesting anonymity, told The Anadolu Agency. Last September, Yemen's Houthis emerged.. More

  • Civilians killed as Egypt launches air strikes in Libya

    At least seven civilians, including three children, have been killed in Egyptian air strikes in northeast Libya. The bombings came as Cairo vowed to find those responsible for the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians kidnapped by fighters pledging allegiance the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Libya's Sirte. Sources told Al Jazeera.. More

  • UN Security Council demands Houthis step aside in Yemen

    The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution that demands that Houthi rebels immediately relinquish control of Yemen's government. Arab countries have been pressing for the use of military force against what they call the rebel group's "illegitimate seizure of power". But the resolution approved at an emergency.. More

  • Sunni tribal leader killed in Baghdad ambush

    A prominent Sunni tribal leader and his son and seven bodyguards have been killed in the Iraqi capital in an attack that has raised fresh questions about the role of armed groups. Officials said on Saturday that Sheikh Qassem Sweidan al-Janabi was killed in Sadr City, a mainly Shia district in east Baghdad, after his convoy was ambushed. Janabi, a.. More

  • Yemen's Houthis accused of torture against rivals

    Yemen's Houthi fighters have been accused of using violence and torture to silence their political rivals as the family of an activist abducted by the group said their son died from wounds suffered in captivity. The family of Saleh al-Bashiri told Al Jazeera on Saturday that the Houthis were responsible for their son's death after pictures posted on.. More

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