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A convoy of Peshmerga vehicles makes its way to the Turkish-Syrian border, near the town of Kiziltepe, in the southeastern Mardin province, on October 29, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 30, 2014 | Middle East

Suruc/Beirut, Reuters—A first group of Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobani on Thursday to help push back Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants who have defied US air strikes and threatened to massacre its Kurdish...

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The relatives of 43 missing students take part in a press conference in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 29, 2014. (EPA/Alex Cruz)

Fathers of missing Mexican students blast president after meeting

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 30, 2014 | World

Mexico City, Reuters—Angry fathers of 43 Mexican students missing for the past month turned on President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday, accusing his government of deceit, fostering impunity and bungling the search for their sons. Following a five-hour meeting with...

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A Tunisian woman shows her ink stained finger after voting at a polling station in Ben Arous,Tunisia, on October 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Aimen Zine)

Opinion: Tunisia’s Lesson for Lebanon

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Oct 30, 2014 | Opinion

Relations between Tunisia and Lebanon have a long history, and the connections between them do not stop with the Greek story of Elissa (Dido), daughter of the king of Tyre, who later became the founder and queen of Carthage, the nucleus of today’s Tunisia. Throughout...

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Iraqi pro-government forces walk in Jurf al-Sakhr, south of Baghdad, on October 27, 2014 after they retook the area from ISIS jihadists over the weekend after months of fighting the regain the ground. (AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)

Iraqi military preparing to recapture strategic town: sources

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 30, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi troops are preparing to retake the town of Amiriyah Fallujah in Anbar province from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), after claiming to have regained the initiative in the fight against the terrorist group. Babil Operations...

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A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on September 19, 2013, shows Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad gesturing during an interview with Fox News in the capital, Damascus. (AFP Photo/HO/SANA)

Opinion: Will Egypt Mediate for Assad?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Oct 30, 2014 | Opinion

“Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is seeking, through his diplomatic contacts, to convince Egypt to mediate and convince Saudi Arabia—currently Egypt’s biggest ally—to amend its strict stance regarding him and his regime. These are documented diplomatic...