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The Citadel of Erbil looms over a market where people shop for secondhand goods in downtown Erbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, November 16, 2014. (AP Photos)

Suicide bomber hits Iraq Kurdish city, 4 killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 19, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Iraq, AP—A suicide car bomber struck in the heart of the northern Iraqi Kurdish city of Erbil on Wednesday, killing at least four people, a spokesman said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the midday attack near the ancient citadel in Erbil,...

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Israeli security personnel run next to a synagogue, where a suspected Palestinian attack took place, in Jerusalem, on November 18, 2014. (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)

Jerusalem, West Bank on high alert after synagogue killings

by Kifah Ziboun and Nazir Majli | Nov 19, 2014 | Middle East

Ramallah and Tel Aviv, Asharq Al-Awsat—Jerusalem and the West Bank were on high alert on Wednesday as clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police broke out in the West Bank following an attack by two Palestinians on a synagogue in Jerusalem on Tuesday which killed...

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A still from a video published by ISIS shows a militant who the French government says is Frenchman Maxime Hauchard, the government on Wednesday said they had identified a second French ISIS fighter. (AP Photo)

Second Frenchman likely on ISIS beheading video: govt spokesman

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 19, 2014 | Middle East

Paris, Reuters—France believes a second French militant appears on a beheading video released by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) at the weekend, government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said on Wednesday. Officials said on Monday that one of the men shown...

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Masked pro-democracy protesters try to break into the legislative council in Hong Kong early on November 19, 2014. (Reuters/Tyrone Siu)

Hong Kong activists try to storm legislature

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 19, 2014 | World

Hong Kong, AP—Tensions spiked at democracy protests that have gripped Hong Kong for nearly two months as a small group of activists clashed with police while trying to break into the city’s legislature early Wednesday. Police arrested six people in the overnight...

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A handout picture released by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), shows Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Prime Minister Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz (C) escorting the ruler of the emirate of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (R) and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi , Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyam at their arrival at an extraordinary Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders’ summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on November 16, 2014. (AFP Photo/HO/SPA)

Opinion: The GCC Crisis and the Challenges Ahead

by Tariq Alhomayed | Nov 19, 2014 | Opinion

Under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has turned a new leaf over the complex inter-GCC disputes. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain have decided to return their ambassadors to Doha...