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A volunteer from a Lebanese NGO distributes bread to Syrian refugees at the Al-Amaan camp in Arsal, Lebanon, on October 26, 2014. (AFP Photo/Maya Hautefueille)

Arsal’s Syrian refugees suffer amid floods and snow

by Nazeer Rida | Nov 25, 2014 | Features

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Having already fled their homes in Syria, refugees in and around the Lebanese border town of Arsal have had their troubles compounded in recent months after fighting broke out in the area in August between the Lebanese army and fighters from...

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Members of the Tunisian elections body hold a press conference to announce the results of the first round of the presidential election in the capital Tunis, on November 25, 2014. (AFP Photo/Fadel Senna)

Tunisian president to be picked in runoff race

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 25, 2014 | Middle East

Tunis, AP—Veteran politician and figure from Tunisia’s old regime, Beji Caid El-Sebsi, will face off against incumbent Moncef Marzouki in a runoff for the country’s presidency two weeks from now that is expected to be close, official election results showed...

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Supreme Council of the General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign Ministers attend the GCC’s 126th session on June 2, 2013 in the Saudi city of Jeddah. Source: AFP Photo/STR

GCC to launch Joint Military Command at Doha summit: source

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Nov 25, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will launch a joint military command during its annual meeting scheduled for December 9 in the Qatari capital Doha, an informed Gulf military source told Asharq Al-Awsat. Plans for establishing the unified...

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Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Al-Turki gestures during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on March 24, 2013. (Reuters)

ISIS ordered Ahsa attack: Saudi Interior Ministry

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Nov 25, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry has announced that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ordered the attack on a Shi’ite shrine in the small town of Dalwah in the country’s Al-Ahsa governorate earlier this month, which resulted in...

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Protestors parade in the parking lot of a burning auto parts store in Ferguson, Missouri, USA, on 24 November 2014. (EPA/Tannen Maury)

Riots erupt after US grand jury clears policeman in Ferguson shooting

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 25, 2014 | World

Ferguson, Reuters—Police fired tear gas and protesters set businesses ablaze in Ferguson, Missouri, in racially charged unrest sparked by a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager in August. St....