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Residents were quarantined in a Dallas apartment where the Ebola patient had stayed. (AFP)

Home where Ebola patient stayed disinfected

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 4, 2014 | World

Dallas, AP—After days of scrutiny about their treatment, a family that was living in the Texas apartment where an Ebola patient was staying when he got sick was moved to a private residence in a gated community. Meanwhile, a hazardous-materials crew on Friday...

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Member of the Shi’ite Muslim Houthi movement mans a machine gun during a patrol in Sanaa. (Reuters)

Yemen: Houthis push to control oil-rich province

by Arafat Madabish | Oct 4, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s rebel militias are closing in on the oil-rich Marib province, a source told Asharq Al-Awsat, as uncertainty continues to shroud the country’s political scene. Houthi militants launched on Friday a military campaign to seize control of...

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks to the media in his office in Ankara, Turkey, on April 23, 2014. (AP Photo)

Turkish president demands apology from Biden

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 4, 2014 | Middle East

Ankara, AP—President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday demanded an apology from US Vice President Joe Biden and warned he would become “history for me” over comments in which he said the Turkish leader had admitted that Turkey had made mistakes by allowing...

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British hostage Alan Henning reportedly executed by Islamic State. (EPA)

UN condemns beheading as ‘heinous and cowardly’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 4, 2014 | World

United Nations, AP—The UN Security Council late Friday sharply condemned a new video that purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning, calling the killing a “heinous and cowardly murder.” The statement said the...

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A rebel fighter from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) sits on a barricade as he holds a position on a front line in the northern city of Aleppo on October 1, 2014. (AFP)

Free Syrian Army set to unite rebels in southern Syria: official

by Nazeer Rida | Oct 4, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Efforts are underway to unite some 65 rebel factions under the umbrella of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) after Washington announced plans last month to train moderate militants fighting to topple the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad. “The plan...