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Peter Kassig leaning against a truck at unknown location in October 2014. (AFP PHOTO / Kassig Family handout)

ISIS claims it has beheaded US hostage Kassig

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 16, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo and Beirut, Reuters—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants fighting in both countries claimed in a video posted online on Sunday that they had beheaded American hostage Peter Kassig. The video did not show the beheading but showed a masked man standing...

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Australian Prime Minister Abbott shakes hands with Russian President Putin as he officially welcomes leaders to the G20 summit in Brisbane. (Reuters)

Russian president denies he fled summit pressure

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 16, 2014 | World

Brisbane, AP—Russian President Vladimir Putin made an early exit on Sunday from a two-day summit of world leaders where he was roundly criticized over Russia’s escalating aggression in Ukraine, but brushed off suggestions that he had felt pressured. Putin was...

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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz (C) is greeted by dignitaries after arriving at the G20 Leader’s Summit in Brisbane, Australia, on November 13, 2014. (AFP Photo/William West)

Opinion: Saudi Oil and Global Economic Stability

by Salman Al-dossary | Nov 16, 2014 | Opinion

Here in the Australian city of Brisbane, where the annual G20 Summit is being held, all eyes were set on the speech by Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz, who is heading Saudi Arabia’s delegation on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin...

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In this November 2, 2006 file photo, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fire missiles during a war game in a desert near the holy city of Qom, southeast of Tehran. (Reuters/Fars News)

Iranian media showcases Revolutionary Guard’s ballistic capabilities to “attack and destroy” Israel

by Ali M. Pedram | Nov 16, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian websites close to the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have run special feature reports and interviews relating to Iran’s capability to “attack and destroy” Israel using ballistic missiles, the semi-state-run Fars and Tasnim...

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A Syrian Kurdish refugee child from the Kobani area, is transported in a wheelbarrow at a camp in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by […]

Opinion: Turkey’s lifeline to Syrian refugees is politically astute

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Nov 16, 2014 | Opinion

The announcement made by Turkish Labor Minister Faruk Çelik to grant Syrian refugees in Turkey something more than just tents and blankets was a positive one. These refugees will now be registered as temporary residents and the government will help them obtain jobs in...