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A cook walks between barricades of pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong on October 6, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez)

Hong Kong democracy protests fade, face test of stamina

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2014 | World

Hong Kong, Reuters—Pro-democracy protests in Chinese-controlled Hong Kong subsided on Monday as students and civil servants returned to school and work after more than a week of demonstrations, but activists vowed to keep up their campaign of civil disobedience....

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File photo—Benghazi residents celebrates Martyrs’ Day on September 16, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ABDULLAH DOMA)

Ransom paid to free British hostage in Libya: sources

by Khalid Mahmoud | Oct 6, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The British government paid a ransom to free British hostage David Bolan, who was kidnapped by Islamist militants in Benghazi last May, informed Libyan sources have told Asharq Al-Awsat. Bolam, who worked at the head teacher of a private school...

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Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, as seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 6, 2014. (REUTERS/Umit Bektas)

Kurds repel jihadist attack on Syrian town

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, AP—Kurdish forces defending a Syrian town near the Turkish border clashed with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on Monday after repelling a wide-ranging jihadist assault the day before in battles that left dozens dead on both sides. The...

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Saudi Crown Prince Salman (C) with Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, President Abdel Hamid of Bangladesh, Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz bin Saud and Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Chief of General Intelligence (SPA)

King Abdullah: We will eradicate terrorism, religious extremism

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2014 | Middle East

Mina, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia remains committed to the fight against terrorism and religious extremism in all their forms until these phenomena are “eradicated,” the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, said on Sunday. “We will...

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In this picture taken on Friday, February 14, 2014, Hezbollah fighters march in a parade during the memorial of their slain leader Sheik Abbas al-Mousawi, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in 1992, in Tefahta village, south Lebanon. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Hezbollah pushes back Syrian militant offensive in Lebanon

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—At least 16 insurgents from Al-Qaeda’s Syrian wing, the Al-Nusra Front, were killed in clashes with Shi’ite group Hezbollah in eastern Lebanon on Sunday after launching a major offensive, a source close to Hezbollah said. Hundreds of the...