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Pro-Russian militants patrol on an armored vehicle, on September 15, 2014 on a street in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (AFP PHOTO/PHILIPPE DESMAZES)
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Members of the Iraqi security forces are pictured during a patrol looking for militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on the outskirts of Haditha, in Iraq, on September 9, 2014. (Reuters/Osama Al-Dulaimi)
ISIS withdrawing from Anbar: Local official
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is adopting new tactics in anticipation of impending air strikes by the US-led coalition, an expert on armed groups has told Asharq Al-Awsat, at the same time that authorities in the Sunni-dominated...Caption:
T. E. Lawrence. (AP)
Sotheby’s to auction map drawn by Lawrence of Arabia
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—As US, British and French jets and drones crisscross the skies over Iraq and Syria, an older example of Western intelligence-gathering in the Middle East is soon to go on sale at one of London’s most famous auction houses. A map, hand-drawn by...Caption:
Gen. Khalifa Haftar attends a news conference in Abyar, east of Benghazi, on May 17, 2014. (Reuters/Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Files)
Libyan Haftar forces seek Benghazi port closure to deny arms to Islamists
Benghazi, Reuters—Forces loyal to former Libyan army general Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi threatened to bomb the eastern city’s port unless authorities there closed it to cut off arms supplies to Islamists, a senior commander said on Monday. Haftar’s forces...Caption:
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, of Japan, prior a meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna, Austria, 15 September 2014. (EPA/HANS PUNZ)