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This February 8, 2011 file photo shows vehicles lining up for gasoline at a Staroil gas station in the Tunisian capital Tunis after the announcement of a strike by oil truck drivers. (AFP Photo)

Tunisia fears impact of Libyan refugees on subsidies system

by Monji Saidani | Aug 3, 2014 | Business

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—The influx of Libyan refugees is putting pressure on Tunisia’s already strained subsidies system, Tunisian officials have warned, as the number of refugees in Tunisia from the neighboring north African country approaches 2 million since 2011,...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki (L) walks with the Sunni Speaker of Parliament Salim Al-Jabouri during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, July 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq: Maliki accused of threatening Shi’a alliance break-up

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 3, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s most senior Shi’ite cleric called on the country’s politicians to form a national unity government on Friday, as fears grew of cracks in the Shi’ite-led National Alliance, the largest parliamentary bloc in the country, over the weekend....

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Ukrainian soldiers stand on their tanks at a checkpoint near the eastern Ukrainian city of Debalcevo, in Ukraine, August 3, 2014. (EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY)

Ukraine’s army on outskirts of rebel stronghold

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2014 | World

Donetsk, AP—Fighting raged Sunday on the western outskirts of Donetsk as the advancing Ukrainian army tried to seize control of the city, a rebel stronghold. In danger of being encircled, the separatists renewed their calls for Russia to send troops to their aid. To...

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The Lebanese army’s armored personal carriers (APC) drive to the entrance of the town of Arsal in the Beqaa Valley by the Syrian border on August 2, 2014. (AFP Photo/STR)

Clashes between Lebanese army, Al-Nusra Front leave eight soldiers, 11 insurgents dead

by Layal Abu Rahal and Shireen Qabbani | Aug 3, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat–Two Lebanese soldiers and two civilians were killed in clashes between the Lebanese army and fighters from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front in the town of Arsal near the Syrian border on Saturday. On Sunday, French news agency AFP, said...

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Smoke darkens the sky over Tripoli’s Red Castle Museum after rockets fired by one of Libya’s militias struck and ignited a tank in the capital’s main fuel depot, Tripoli, Libya, on August 03, 2014. (EPA/SABRI ELMHEDW)

Libyan factions battle over airport, more than 20 killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2014 | Middle East

Tripoli, Reuters—More than 20 people died on Saturday in battles between two Libyan armed factions who have been fighting for nearly three weeks for control of the international airport in Tripoli, the government said. Fighting in the Libyan capital had quietened down...