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Presidential candidate and Tunisian President, Moncef Marzouki, waves before addressing his supporters during a campaign meeting in Bizerte, northern Tunisia, on November 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Aimen Zine)

Tunisia’s Post-Election Foreign Policy

by Kamal Ben Younes | Nov 23, 2014 | Features

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Tunisians head for the polls to elect a new president, speculation has arisen regarding the future direction of country’s foreign policy in the event that the incumbent, Moncef Marzouki, is not re-elected. While Marzouki, a former member of...

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A picture taken on November 22, 2014 shows a medical worker and security forces walking near a bus attacked by militants near the Kenyan-Somalian border. (AFP PHOTO/ STRINGER)

Kenya says over 100 attackers behind bus ambush killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 23, 2014 | World

Nairobi, Reuters—Kenyan security forces have pursued and killed more than 100 militants and destroyed their camp in Somalia after the ambush of a Nairobi-bound bus that killed 28 people, Deputy President William Ruto said on Sunday. Somalia’s Islamist Al-Shabaab...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and US Vice President Joe Biden chatting during their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 22, 2014. (EPA/KAYHAN OZER / PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE)

Biden ends Turkey visit without new support for anti-ISIS coalition

by Thair Abbas | Nov 23, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—US Vice President Joe Biden wrapped up his visit to Turkey on Sunday, after meeting with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a bid to gain more support from Ankara against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...

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Members of the Kurdish security forces take part in an intensive security deployment after clashes with ISIS militants in Jalawla, Diyala province, on November 23, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Iraqi forces say two towns retaken from ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 23, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—Iraqi forces said on Sunday that they had retaken two towns north of Baghdad from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters, driving them from strongholds they had held for months and clearing a main road from the capital to Iran. There was no...

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Voters queue up during parliamentary elections, at a polling station set up at the Seef Mall shopping center in Manama, on November 22, 2014.(REUTERS/Stringer)

High turnout as polls close in Bahraini elections despite opposition boycott

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Nov 23, 2014 | Middle East

Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Bahrainis voted in parliamentary and municipal elections on Saturday amid a high turnout, despite calls for a boycott of the polls from the country’s main opposition groups. Speaking to the press from a polling station, Justice Minister Sheikh...