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Qatar’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah attends Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting in Riyadh. (Reuters Photos)
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Yazidi refugees climb up a mountain-side as they flee from Iraq near Sirnak city, at the Turkish-Iraqi border, on August 17, 2014. (EPA/Ulas Yunus Tosun)
Yazidi mother speaks out from ISIS prison, daughters still missing
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—A young Yazidi woman who escaped captivity in an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) prison has described her ordeal in an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat. Layla, 23, was taken from the village of Qani near Mount Sinjar along with...Caption:
Members of the Iraqi anti-terrorism forces wave the national flag in celebration after securing a checkpoint from Sunni militants in the village of Badriyah, 10 miles west of Mosul on August 19, 2014. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
Iraqi army fails to recapture Tikrit
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—An attempt by the Iraqi armed forces to retake the city of Tikrit from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was called off on Tuesday, in the face of heavy resistance from ISIS fighters south of the city. Despite backing from helicopters...Caption:
Police watch as demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown on August 19, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
Police move against protesters as calm dissolves in Ferguson, Missouri
Ferguson, Reuters—Police in riot gear ordered demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri, to disperse late on Tuesday, then charged into the crowd to make arrests as relative calm dissolved during an 11th night of protests over the fatal shooting of a black teenager....Caption:
US freelance reporter James Foley (L) on the highway between the airport and the West Gate of Sirte, Libya in September 2011. (AFP Photo/Aris Messinis)