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Members of the Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) Islamist militia gather at the US diplomatic compound in the Libyan capital Tripoli, on August 31, 2014, after members of the group moved into the complex of several villas in southern Tripoli to prevent it from being looted, according to the faction. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA)

New Libyan cabinet to be formed “within a week”: parliamentary speaker

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Sep 1, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The formation of a new Libyan government is imminent, the country’s interim speaker of parliament, Faraj Bouhashem, told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday. Speaking via telephone from Tobruk, where the interim parliament is currently based, Bouhashem...

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Pro-Russian fighters sit ontop of a tank in Starobesheve, southeast of Donetsk, on August 31, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / FRANCISCO LEONG)

Fighting goes on near big Ukrainian city, Poroshenko slams Russia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 1, 2014 | World

Kiev, Reuters—Ukraine’s military said on Monday its forces were battling a Russian tank battalion for control of a vital airport in the east of the country as President Petro Poroshenko accused Moscow of “direct and open aggression” against his...

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US President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC, on September 16, 2013. (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad)

Opinion: Obama and the Absence of Strategy

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 1, 2014 | Opinion

It was good that US President Barack Obama was recently honest enough to admit that his government doesn’t have a strategy to deal with the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria. His frank confession attracted...