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Displaced Yazidis find shelter in a half-finished building in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan, on August 14, 2014. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

ISIS “massacres” 80 Yazidis in north Iraq: officials

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 16, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) “massacred” some 80 members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority in a village in the country’s north, a Yazidi lawmaker and two Kurdish officials said on Friday. “They...

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Pakistani supporters of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan walk to Islamabad from the eastern city of Gujranwala in Punjab province on August 15, 2014. (AFP Photo/Asif HASSAN)

Pakistan protest leaders vow no let-up until PM Sharif steps down

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 16, 2014 | World

Islamabad, Reuters—The leaders of two Pakistani protest movements vowed on Saturday to keep their protests alive until Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns, after thousands entered the country’s capital in the biggest challenge yet to the 15-month-old civilian...

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Members of the Lebanese Civil Defence stand in the sea near a Lebanese flag during a protest in Beirut April 9, 2014. Workers from public sectors went on strike on Wednesday to demand more rights. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Opinion: Waving Goodbye to Lebanon

by Ali Awad Assiri | Aug 16, 2014 | Opinion

When this article is published, I will be in the process of leaving my post as Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Lebanon to take up the post of Saudi ambassador to another brotherly state, Pakistan. For me, this transitional period could be expressed by the famous lines of...

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An Iraqi soldier flashes a V for victory sign while Iraqi men gather outside of the main army recruiting center to volunteer for military service in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, June. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)

Iraq army seeks help of Saddam-era officials to combat ISIS

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Aug 16, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi military is seeking the assistance of Saddam Hussein-era military officials in a bid to stem the advance of “terrorist” groups, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) which continues its advance in central and...

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In this still taken from an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) video, an Islamist fighter, center, identified as Abu Muthana Al-Yemeni from Britain, speaks from an unknown location. (Reuters/Reuters TV)

Opinion: The ISIS Equation

by Osman Mirghani | Aug 16, 2014 | Opinion

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a riddle wrapped in an enigma. Everything about it is mysterious, from its emergence and organization to its leader, the so-called “Caliph” Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, not to mention its strange, rapid expansion. According to...