Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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File photo of Asharq Al-Awsat Editor-in-Chief Salman Al-Dossary. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Opinion: Returning to a Great Institution

by Salman Al-dossary | Jul 6, 2014 | Opinion

I wrote my last article for Asharq Al-Awsat more than 1,000 days ago (Opinion: Thank You Asharq Al-Awsat) when I left the newspaper for Al Eqtisadiah. I ended this article by saying: “It is true that I have left Asharq Al-Awsat, but it has not left me, because...

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A photograph made from a video released on 05 July 2014 by the jihadist affiliated group Furqan Media via their twitter account allegedly showing Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi delivering a sermon during Friday prayers at a mosque in Mosul, Iraq, 04 July 2014. (EPA Photos)

Opinion: ISIS has reshuffled the regional cards

by Huda Al Husseini | Jul 6, 2014 | Opinion

For the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is a month of jihad and crucial decisions. ISIS kicked off the month of Ramadan with the declaration of its Islamic State and it is, no doubt, planning large-scale military operations...

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Fighters from Islamist Syrian rebel group Al-Nusra Front carry their weapons as they move in Nqareen area near Aleppo November 12, 2013 (Reuters/Mahmoud Hebbo)

Nusra Front weakened in Syria by ISIS Islamic State: Analysts

by Nazeer Rida | Jul 6, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Al-Qaeda’s franchise in Syria, the Al-Nusra Front, will likely suffer a further drop in influence and popularity following the announcement of the establishment of an Islamic State by rival Islamist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and...

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An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on June 12, 2014, allegedly shows Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants taking part in a military parade in Mosul, Iraq. (AFP Photo)

Iraqi Sunni tribal rebels advancing on Baghdad, says spokesman

by Ma'ad Fayad | Jul 6, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Anti-government Iraqi Sunni tribes are marching on Baghdad with the objective of toppling Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and forming a national “salvation” government, a tribal spokesman told Asharq Al-Awsat. Abu Abed Al-Naimi, spokesman for...