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Syrian rebel fighters man a checkpoint in the East Al-Ansari neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on September 7, 2014. (Reuters/Ammar Abdullah)

Free Syrian Army rebels attack ISIS near Aleppo

by Nazeer Rida | Sep 9, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Fee Syrian Army, aided by moderate Islamist brigades, launched an attack on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in northern Syria after receiving new weapons, including anti-tank missiles, amid doubts about their ability to defeat...

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Shi’ite Houthi protesters block a main road leading to the airport during a protest in Sana’a, Yemen, on September 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen: More Houthis killed in Sana’a protests as fighting intensifies in north

by Hamdan Al-Rahbi | Sep 9, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—More Houthi protesters were killed by government forces in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a on Tuesday, according to reports, as fighting between the movement and Yemeni army units continues in the province of Al-Jawf. According to wire service...

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A stack of preliminary reports by the Dutch Safety Board on the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is displayed at the board’s headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

Report: Flight MH17 likely downed by outside impacts

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 9, 2014 | World

The Hague, Netherlands, AP—Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was likely struck by multiple “high-energy objects from outside the aircraft,” causing it to break up over eastern Ukraine, a preliminary report into the deadly aviation disaster concluded on Tuesday....

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Ex-PM and Vice President Nuri al-Maliki (L) and Iraq’s new Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi (R) shake hands during the session to approve the new government in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, Pool)

Iraqi parliament approves new Abadi government

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 9, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—Iraq’s parliament approved a new government headed by Haider Al-Abadi as prime minister on Monday night, in a bid to rescue Iraq from collapse, with sectarianism and Arab–Kurdish tensions on the rise. Abadi, a Shi’ite Islamist, included...

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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: Vaccinating against Terror

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Sep 9, 2014 | Opinion

In positive news from Saudi Arabia, it seems that the government has decided to launch a major new anti-narcotics initiative. According to details published by the newspaper, Al-Riyadh, Saudi Interior Minister Prince Muhammad Bin Naif has issued instructions to...