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An image grab taken on September 2, 2014 from a video released by ISIS and identified by private terrorism monitor SITE Intelligence Group purportedly shows footage of British aid worker David Cawthorne Haines being threatened by a masked militant in a desert landscape. (AFP)


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A member of the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland prepares to march in Edinburgh, on September 13, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL)


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Senior Hamas leader Musa Abu-Marzuq speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Gaza City on Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)


Opinion: Negotiating with Israel is not unholy

Opinion: Negotiating with Israel is not unholy

After years of wars and destruction, bloodshed and devastation, not to mention missed opportunities and accusations of treason in the Arab–Israeli conflict, Hamas politburo member Musa Abu-Marzuq has come out to tell us that “there is nothing wrong” with direct...
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In this photogaph taken on July 18, 2014, demonstrators hold up a flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Syria (ISIS) during a demonstration against Israeli military operations in Gaza, in downtown Srinagar, Kashmir. (AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA/FILES)


Opinion: ISIS is bigger than the Kuwaiti army

Opinion: ISIS is bigger than the Kuwaiti army

To understand the magnitude of the problem on a global level, and not just on the Syrian and regional fronts, we must be aware of just how significant the CIA’s estimates of the number of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters is. Less than two years ago, the...
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani waits to meet with the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Georgieva Bokova (Unseen) in Tehran, on April 29, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)


Rouhani’s Judicial Challenge

Rouhani’s Judicial Challenge

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Every year, Amnesty International releases dozens of reports about the state of human rights in country’s across the world. When it comes to Iran, one issue of particular concern for the organization is the country’s approach to capital...