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Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position in the Gwer district, 40 kilometres south of Erbil, the Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital, on September 18, 2014.


Kurdish Peshmerga forces expand ISIS offensive

Kurdish Peshmerga forces expand ISIS offensive

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdish Peshmerga forces are preparing to launch a broad offensive against militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Peshmerga forces will seek to recapture the northern city of Mosul—held by the Islamist group since August—as...
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Egyptian-born cleric Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi talks during a news conference in Algiers March 28, 2007. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)


Opinion: Qaradawi’s Double Standards

Opinion: Qaradawi’s Double Standards

Dr. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi criticized the US-led fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) earlier this week. In a tweet, he said: “I oppose ISIS in its ideological path and its methods of action, but I will never agree that the country to fight it should be...
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A local market in Freetown, Sierra Leone, is deserted as the government enforces a three day lockdown on movement of all people in a attempt to fight the Ebola virus on September 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)


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Abdul Aziz Abul, a representative of the Shura Council, adjusts his pass as he arrives at the National Dialogue session in Manama on June 12, 2013. (Reuters/Hamad I Mohammed)


Bahrain National Dialogue set to resume

Bahrain National Dialogue set to resume

Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Bahrain announced that an agreement has been reached between the country’s political parties for renewed National Dialogue, which will include discussions of five “core elements,” including electoral districts, legislative authority, cabinet...
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People gather near a car damaged by a mortar shell during fighting between Houthi militants and government forces in Sana’a. (Reuters Photos)


Yemen: Government mulls fresh Houthi demands

Yemen: Government mulls fresh Houthi demands

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s central government is considering a new set of demands issued by the Shi’ite Houthi movement to end the politial unrest and bloodshed that has engulfed the country, high-level political sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. The new Houthi...