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Residents walk past a damaged house after Ukrainian army shelling, in downtown Khartsyzk (15 miles from Donetsk), Ukraine, on August 18, 2014. (EPA/Sergei Ilnitsky)

Fifteen bodies retrieved after Ukraine convoy attack: military

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 19, 2014 | World

Kiev, Reuters—Fifteen bodies have so far been recovered from the site of Monday’s rocket strike on a refugee convoy of buses and cars in eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman said on Tuesday. “By 7 pm last night we retrieved 15 bodies … The search...

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An image made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Raqa on July 25, 2014, shows allegedly shows members of the IS (Islamic state) militant group raising their black and white flag over a building belonging to a Syrian army base in the northern rebel-held Syrian city of Raqa. Islamic State fighters have seized Division 17 […]

Opinion: ISIS on Film

by Diana Moukalled | Aug 19, 2014 | Opinion

Rafiq Abu-Moussab, media officer of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), rose suddenly when he heard a question about his private life and family. He removed his Ray-Ban shades and replied with a stern stare: “I do not do entertainment at all; I do not go out...

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File photo showing a freight train at a railway station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)

Saudi state railway in push to popularize rail travel

by Ali Al-Qattan | Aug 19, 2014 | Business

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s state-owned railway company has launched a number of initiatives aiming to make rail travel the most popular mode of transport in the Kingdom, the head of the company told Asharq Al-Awsat. Head of the Saudi Railways Organization...