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Lebanon’s Hezbollah members carry the coffin of their comrade Ahmad Ali Deeb, who was killed in the recent battles in Yabroud, Syria, during his funeral in Tyre city, southern Lebanon, on March 16, 2014. (Reuters/Haidar Hawila)

Syrian rebels intensify attacks on Hezbollah in Qalamoun

by Paula Astih | Jul 13, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian rebels have intensified their attacks on Hezbollah fighters in the strategically important Qalamoun border region between Syria and Lebanon, adopting “hit and run” tactics against the Lebanese Shi’a militia. “The rebels are...

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File picture dated September 5, 2004 of Izzat Al-Douri, who had been the most senior aide to Saddam Hussein. (Reuters)

Iraqi Ba’athists among ISIS Emir’s top aides—source

by Ma'ad Fayad | Jul 13, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former senior Iraqi military officers and members of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein’s now-outlawed Ba’ath Party are among Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Emir Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s top aides, a member of the party told...

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A general view showing the destroyed Hamas site following an Israeli airstrike in the west of Gaza City, 13 July 2014. (EPA/MOHAMMED SABER)

Israeli commandos clash with Hamas militants on sixth day of Gaza offensive

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 13, 2014 | Middle East

Gaza and Jerusalem, Reuters—Israeli naval commandos clashed with Hamas militants in a raid on the coast of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, in what appeared to be the first ground assault of a six-day Israeli offensive on the territory aimed at stopping Palestinian rocket...

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Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah (R) and Ashraf Ghani (C) embrace as US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) looks on at a press conference announcing an audit of the votes cast in the country’s general election at the United Nations Compound in Kabul on late July 12, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/POOL/Jim Bourg)

Disputed Afghan election to be recounted in full

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 13, 2014 | World

Kabul, Reuters—US State Secretary John Kerry convinced Afghanistan’s feuding presidential candidates on Saturday to agree to a total recount of last month’s presidential election, which has threatened to split the country along ethnic lines. After two days...

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The Netherlands’ Georginio Wijnaldum (center) celebrates after scoring his side’s third goal during the World Cup third-place playoff soccer match between Brazil and the Netherlands at the Estádio Nacional in Brasília, Brazil, on Saturday, July 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Brazil undone by poor defending, Dutch take third

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 13, 2014 | Sports

Rio De Janeiro, Reuters—Dreadful defending cost Brazil dear yet again on Saturday as the World Cup hosts slumped to a 3–0 loss to the Netherlands in a playoff for third place, underlining just how far the ‘Seleção’ have fallen down world football’s pecking...