Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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Yazid Al-Shaqeran holds his secondary school diploma, at left, and the flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, at right.

Opinion: The Extremist Recruitment Riddle

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Aug 14, 2014 | Opinion

There is horror and fear in the eyes of ordinary people previously unaware of extremism and terrorism. This is down to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the very model of an extremist–revolutionary organization, astute enough to establish a new state while...

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A Palestinian man pictured through a damaged classroom carries a boy as he walks past a UN-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip on July 30, 2014. (Reuters/Suhaib Salem)

Displaced Palestinians fear expulsion from UN schools as start of academic year approaches

by Mahmoud Abu Awad | Aug 14, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat—The hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have fled their homes to seek shelter in UN-run schools since the start of the current Israeli onslaught of Gaza fear they may be expelled come the start of the new academic year, as the Palestinian...

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki speaks during a news conference with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Baghdad on January 13, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)

Opinion: The End of Maliki

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Aug 14, 2014 | Opinion

Nuri Al-Maliki, the outgoing Iraqi prime minister, could have been a historic hero, not just in Iraq, but for all Arabs and Muslims. However self-interest got the better of him, his insight betrayed him, and all his views and actions ran to narrow partisan politics....