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Members of Dallas’ fire rescue unit prepare to decontaminate areas near the The Village Bend East apartment of a second healthcare worker who has tested positive for Ebola, on October 15, 2014. (AP Photo/City of Dallas Public Information, Sana Syed)
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People walk past the Metro cinema in Downtown Cairo, Egypt, on October 16, 2012. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Eid Al-Adha marks Egyptian cinema comeback
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Filmgoers are flocking again to Egypt’s cinemas after a successful Eid Al-Adha season, in a sign of a comeback for the industry which has been experiencing a lull since Egypt’s 2011 revolution with falling box office receipts and complaints from...Caption:
Opposition forces from the Al-Ikhlas Brigade fire a home-made rocket, next to an Islamist flag bearing the name of their brigade, in Syria’s northeastern city of Deir Ezzor, on October 9, 2013. (AFP/Ahmad Aboud)
Syria: ISIS, Assad forces face off in Deir Ezzor
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters continued to advance in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor on Wednesday following “rare” clashes with government forces. The director of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,...Caption:
The flag of former South Yemen is seen attached to a billboard during a rally in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, on October 14, 2014. (REUTERS/Yaser Hasan)
Houthis take control of Yemeni port city
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Houthi movement continued to expand its grip on Yemen on Tuesday after taking control of a strategic port city in the country’s western region, while secessionists in the south called for independence, staging massive protests and sit-ins...Caption:
Police set up security checkpoint to protect crime scene following shooting of US security contractor in eastern Riyadh on Tuesday, October 14, 2014. (Ali Al-Oraifi/Asharq Al-Awsat)