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A Ukrainian serviceman patrols in the village of Semenovka, near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk in the Donetsk region on July 14, 2014. (AFP Photo/Genya Savilov)

Ukraine says Russian army officers fighting with rebels

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 14, 2014 | World

Kiev, Reuters—Ukraine on Monday accused Russian army officers of fighting alongside separatists in the east of the country and said Moscow was once more building up its troops on the joint border. A missile that downed a Ukrainian transport plane near the border was...

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Brazil’s coach Luiz Felipe Scolari reacts as his team plays against the Netherlands during their 2014 World Cup third-place playoff match at the Brasília national stadium, Brazil, on July 12, 2014. (Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino/Files)

Scolari fired as Brazil manager—report

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 14, 2014 | Sports

São Paulo, Reuters—Brazil have sacked manager Luiz Felipe Scolari just hours after the end of a home World Cup in which they suffered two of their worst defeats in the tournament’s history, one of Brazil’s leading newspapers reported on Monday....

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A wounded Palestinian boy, who hospital officials said was injured in an Israeli air strike, is wheeled into a hospital in Gaza City on July 12, 2014. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem)

Gaza hospitals struggling to cope under Israeli assault

by Jessica Purkiss | Jul 14, 2014 | Features

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—As the Israeli military continued its latest offensive against Gaza for the seventh day on Monday, the territory’s hospitals are struggling to cope with the influx of dead and wounded and are desperately seeking new supplies of vital drugs...

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A destroyed car is moved from the site of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad’s Allawi neighborhood, in Iraq, on Monday, July 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq: Insurgents look towards Baghdad as Douri praises ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 14, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi forces repelled an attempt by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to capture a town on the road to Baghdad on Sunday, as a senior former Ba’athist admitted for the first time that he had allied with the organization. Sources said...

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Kurdish peshmerga troops walk during an intensive security deployment after clashes with militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Syria (ISIS), in Jalawla, Diyala province, July 4, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Iraq: Kurds build border defenses and plan for US military help

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jul 14, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is fortifying the area under its control and establishing a coordination center for US military advisors in an effort to bolster the autonomous region’s defenses, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. The...