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A member of the pro-government Libyan forces fires towards Islamist militiamen during clashes on November 2, 2014 in the Al-Salmani neighborhood of the the eastern coastal city of Benghazi. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHEIKHI)

Heavy fighting near seaport of Libyan city Benghazi, navy ship hit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 3, 2014 | Middle East

Benghazi, Reuters—A Libyan navy ship was hit during heavy fighting with aircraft and tanks on Monday between the army and Islamist militants near the port of Benghazi, residents of the major city on Libya’s eastern Mediterranean coast said. The battle was part...

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Beji Caid El-Sebsi (C), Tunisian leader of the secularist party Nidaa Tounes (Tunisian Call) and presidential candidate, gives a speech during his first campaign meeting on November 2, 2014 in the central coastal city of Monastir, Tunisia. (AFP Photo/Bechir Bettaib)

Tunisia: Nidaa Tounes leader launches presidential campaign

by Monji Saidani | Nov 3, 2014 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Following the Nidaa Tounes party’s victory in last week’s parliamentary elections, party leader Beji Caid El-Sebsi launched his presidential campaign on Sunday in the coastal city of Monastir, birthplace of the first president of the modern...

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Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh talks during an interview with Reuters in the Yemeni capital Sana’a, Yemen, on May 21, 2014. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Yemen: US requests UN sanctions on ex-president Saleh, senior Houthi leaders

by Mohammad Ali Salih | Nov 3, 2014 | Middle East

Washington DC and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The United States has asked the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh and two leading members of the Shi’ite Houthi movement currently in control of the country’s capital,...

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An explosion following an airstrike is seen in the Syrian town of Kobani from the Turkish border, on November 2, 2014. (REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis)

Iraqi Kurds join fight against ISIS in Kobani

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 3, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut and Mürşitpınar, Reuters/ِAsharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi–Kurdish fighters have joined the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Kobani, hoping their support for fellow Kurds backed by US-led airstrikes will keep the ultra-hardline group from...

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India’s BSF soldiers patrol near the fenced border with Pakistan at the Wagah border. (Reuters)

India, Pakistan call off border ritual after suicide bomb

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 3, 2014 | World

Wagah, India, Reuters—India and Pakistan have suspended a daily military ritual on their main land border crossing after a suicide attack that killed dozens of people, the first time the colorful parade has been called off since the two countries went to war in 1971....