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Al-Zouba to Asharq Al-Awsat: Yemen Will Not Be an Iranian Pawn

Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Afrah Al-Zouba said the Yemeni government has entered a phase of restoring the state after exhausting opportunities for de-escalation, stressing that any future political process must end with the return of state institutions and the state having sole control over weapons and decisions of war and peace, rather than power-sharing with an armed group.

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British diplomats to remain at scaled-down mission in Jerusalem

By Alexander Cornwell, Ammar Awad and Sam TobinJERUSALEM/LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Britain and Israel announced on Thursday that the nearly 200-year-old British diplomatic mission in Jerusalem would stay open at a smaller scale and with a new name, in a compromise after Israel ordered the consulate shut in a sanctions dispute.Under the last-minute agreement, Britain will rename the consulate, founded in 1839, as the "UK Mission" in the city.

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