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Iraq’s new Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi (front row, 3rd L) speaks to officers at the Defence Ministry in Baghdad, October 19, 2014. (Reuters)

We will liberate Mosul from ISIS: Iraq Defense Minister

by Khalid Mahmoud | Oct 22, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—In his first televised speech following his appointment on Saturday, Iraq’s new Defense Minister Khalid Al-Obeidi pledged that Iraqi forces would retake all areas of the country that have been taken over by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...

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Egypt’s deserted pyramids of Giza. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Egypt Travel: Tourism after revolution

by Amy Assad | Oct 22, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Egypt, Asharq Al-Awsat—“We have every Elvis record there is,” George says, as he flicks the towel on his head behind his shoulder, before taking a gulp of beer. George, a 70 year-old from Essex is in traditional Egyptian costume for the boat’s Jalabiya party,...

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A man reads a free newspaper with the headline “Crimea chooses Russia” on a street in Simferopol, in the Crimea region on March 17, 2014. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)

Opinion: New media is a double-edged sword

by Ali Ibrahim | Oct 22, 2014 | Opinion

During a news conference following his meeting in Cairo on Sunday with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir—who appears to have some sort of gripe with the media—said: “In the past, we used to say that people followed the religion...

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Kurdish female fighters of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) hold their weapons at a military training camp in Malikiya, Hassaka province, Syria, on December 9, 2013. (Reuters/Rodi Said)

Opinion: Kobani’s women are on the front line of more than one battle

by Diana Moukalled | Oct 22, 2014 | Opinion

Amid the worry accompanying the siege imposed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters on the Syrian–Kurdish city of Kobani, Arab criticism and discontent surfaced despite the heated situation in the city and the fierce fighting on the ground. This...