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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...

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WHO Assistant Director General Aylward gestures during a news conference at the organization’s headquarters in Geneva. (Reuters)

WHO: Ebola decline in Liberia could be real trend

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 29, 2014 | World

Dakar, AP—The rate of new Ebola infections in Liberia appears to be declining and could represent a real trend, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, but the epidemic is far from over. The disease is still raging in parts of Sierra Leone, Dr. Bruce Aylward, an...

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Still from the film ‘El Ott’ (The Cat). (Ibrahim El-Batout, 2014.)

War reporter-turned movie maker turns camera on Egyptian slums

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 29, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Abu Dhabi, Reuters—After working as a war cameraman for 18 years, and getting injured twice along the way, Egyptian journalist Ibrahim Al-Batout decided to get away from the real-life violence and make movies. But his latest venture El Ott (The Cat), which premiered...