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Supporters of Al-Nusra Front hold placards calling Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad a “terrorist” and denouncing Arab states that have joined the anti-ISIS campaign, in Aleppo, on September 24, 2014. (AFP Photo/Zein Al-Rifai)

Leader of Syria Al-Qaeda wing threatens strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 5, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—The leader of Syria’s Al-Qaeda rebel wing threatened attacks against the Shi’ite Muslim militant movement Hezbollah in Lebanon in the coming days, which he said would make it regret fighting alongside Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad....

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Republican Thom Tillis celebrates after winning the North Carolina Senate seat on November 5, 2014, in North Carolina, United States. (Davis Turner/Getty Images/AFP)

Republicans prevail in big, bitterly fought governor races

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 5, 2014 | World

New York, Reuters—Republican governors triumphed in key races on Tuesday in the political heavyweight states of Florida, Michigan and Wisconsin, joining the partisan tide that gave Republicans control of the US Senate. In races shaped by voters’ worries about...

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United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura shows a map of the Syrian town of Kobani during a press conference at the UN office in Geneva on October 10, 2014. (AFP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini)

Opinion: Don’t Blame the Mediator

by Ali Ibrahim | Nov 5, 2014 | Opinion

From the Gulf to the Atlantic, the UN has appointed official envoys, representatives and mediators to tackle the region’s urgent crises, fires which are spreading widely and which no one seems to be able to put out, and show that this region has become one of...