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Picture shows US ambassador Alberto Fernandez (bottom-R), and American jihadist Omar Hammami (bottom-L). (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Waging the Information War on ISIS

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Oct 29, 2014 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Although the US-led airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Al-Nusra Front have grabbed most of the headlines, US officials have been careful to emphasize that there is no purely military solution to the threat...

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File photo of Sudan’s Democratic Unions party leader Muhammad Othman Al-Mirghani. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Sudan Democratic Unionist Party leader calls for dialogue

by Mohamed Said Mohamed Al-Hassan | Oct 29, 2014 | Middle East

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sudan’s Democratic Unionist party leader Muhammad Othman Al-Mirghani called for comprehensive national dialogue on Tuesday, warning that the sub-Saharan African country could witness the “Libyan scenario” unless its divided political parties...

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File photo of Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz meeting with Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber in Riyadh on 28/10/2014. (SPA)

Saudi King and Emir of Kuwait meet ahead of GCC summit

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Oct 29, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud met with Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Tuesday evening to discuss the latest regional developments, including the diplomatic dispute between a number...

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A convoy of Peshmerga vehicles (R) arrives at Habur border gate, which separates Turkey from Iraq, near the town of Silopi in southeastern Turkey, on October 29, 2014. (Reuters/Kadir Baris)

Iraqi Peshmerga poised to join battle against ISIS in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 29, 2014 | Middle East

Sanliurfa and Beirut, Reuters—Iraqi Peshmerga fighters arrived in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday en route for the Syrian town of Kobani to try to help fellow Kurds break an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) siege which has defied US-led air strikes. Kobani,...

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Tourists buying souvenirs in one of Jeddah’s souqs. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Jeddah: Way station for pilgrims and souvenir hunters

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Oct 29, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Walking around the narrow alleyways, souqs (traditional markets) and hundred-year-old buildings of Downtown Jeddah, or Al-Balad, in Saudi Arabia, at this time of year, is like being in the middle of an international convention of languages and...