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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters monitor the area from their front line position in Bashiqa, a town 13 kilometres north-east of Mosul on August 16, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)

British PM promises action against ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 17, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—British Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Sunday that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) posed a threat to British and European security and promised new measures to combat the organization. Writing in London’s Sunday Telegraph...

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A Palestinian woman stands at the remains of her house which witnesses said was destroyed during the Israeli offensive in Johr El-Deek village near the central Gaza Strip August 17, 2014.(REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

Hamas says Israel must accept Palestinian demands or face long war

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 17, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo/Jerusalem, Reuters—Hamas rejected on Saturday as insufficient offers made in Cairo to Palestinian negotiators seeking to end Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip, and raised the possibility of renewed fighting when the current truce expires. Israel said it...

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A member of the Saudi border guards force stands guard next to a fence on Saudi Arabia’s northern borderline with Iraq, in this July 14, 2014 file photo. (Reuters/Faisal Nasser/Files)

Opinion: ISIS bringing enemies together

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 17, 2014 | Opinion

We are witnessing a unique situation in which different countries, parties and tribes now have no choice but to take a position against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). ISIS is the reason behind a strange gathering of opponents. Most of the Iraqi...

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In this August 16, 2014 file photo Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi smiles during a meeting with Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Baghdad, Iraq. (Reuters/Hadi Mizban/Pool)

Opinion: Sunnis must learn from their mistakes in Iraq

by Tariq Alhomayed | Aug 17, 2014 | Opinion

The head of a prominent Sunni Arab tribe in Iraq has said that Arab Sunni leaders and clerics in Sunni-majority provinces are prepared to join the new government, but only if certain “conditions” are met. The news reports that covered this statement failed to clarify...