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In this September 22, 2010 file photo, members of Iran’s Basij militia march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran–Iraq War, in the Iranian capital, Tehran. (Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl/Files)

Iran: Legislators allege corruption at charitable foundations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 2, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—While the eyes of the rest of the world are focused on the international negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, within Iran allegations of high-level corruption at one of the country’s leading institutions are threatening to provoke a major...

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An armed man guards the entrance as local people stand in line outside a polling station during elections in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), in Donetsk, Ukraine, on November 2, 2014. (EPA/ANASTASIA VLASOVA)

Pro-Russian rebels vote for leaders in eastern Ukraine

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 2, 2014 | World

Donetsk, Reuters—Pro-Russian rebels voted to set up a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, aiming to take the war-torn region closer to Russia and defying Kiev and the West, as shelling continued across the territory. The United States and European...

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Syrian national opposition coalition`s newly elected president Hadi Al-Bahra speaks during press conference on July 9, 2014 at a Syrian opposition meeting in Istanbul. (AFP/Ozan Kose)

The Syrian revolution has made mistakes: Hadi Al-Bahra

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Nov 2, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian National Coalition President Hadi Al-Bahra acknowledged that Syria’s moderate rebels have made mistakes as they find themselves fighting a war on two fronts against the Bashar Al-Assad regime and the advancing Islamic State of Iraq and...

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RNPS – PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2013 – An illustration picture shows the Twitter logo reflected in the eye of a woman in Berlin, November 7, 2013. Twitter Inc priced its initial public offering above its expected range to raise at least $1.8 billion, in a sign of strong investor demand for the most highly […]

Opinion: ISIS’s Online Battlefield

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Nov 2, 2014 | Opinion

If there were no social media websites on the internet, would the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) be as strong and effective as it is today? The short answer is no. ISIS would not have been as effective as this, nor would it have been able to expand in the...