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The emergency entrance to Texas Health Presbyterian hospital, October 12, 2014, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

Health worker 2nd in US to test positive for Ebola

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 12, 2014 | World

Dallas, AP—A Texas health care worker who was in full protective gear while providing hospital care for an Ebola patient who later died has tested positive for the virus and is in stable condition, health officials said Sunday. If the preliminary diagnosis is...

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A undated photograph of Helmi Hashim, believed to be the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s top Shari’a judge. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Four Egyptians behind ISIS takfirist ideology: sources

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Oct 12, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Four Egyptian men are at the heart of attempts by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to find religious justification for its bloody attempts to forge a new “caliphate,” a number of experts on fundamentalist movements told Asharq...

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U.S Secretary of State John Kerry speaks in Cairo, Egypt, during the Gaza Donor Conference, on October 12, 2014 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

Kerry pushes for Mideast peace, Qatar pledges $1 bn for Gaza

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 12, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Reuters—US Secretary of State John Kerry called on Sunday for a renewed commitment to achieving Middle East peace, saying a lasting deal between Israel, the Palestinians and all their neighbors could be achieved. But prospects for a renewed peace process...

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A road leading to the Presidential Palace is blocked with concrete barricades and a military vehicle in Sana’a, on October 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)

Five new names for Yemen premiership: sources

by Arafat Madabish | Oct 12, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Five new names are being put forward to become Yemen’s new prime minister, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday, as meetings continue between Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and the Houthi movement to find a political solution to...

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Thick smoke, debris and fire rise following an airstrike by the US-led coalition in Kobani, Syria as fighting intensified between Syrian Kurds and ISIS, as seen from Mursitpinar in the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, on Sunday, October 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Kurds urge more air strikes in Kobani; monitor warns of defeat

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 12, 2014 | Middle East

Mursitpinar, Reuters—Kurdish forces defending Kobani urged a US-led coalition to escalate air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters who tightened their grip on the Syrian town at the border with Turkey on Saturday. A group that monitors the Syrian...