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Free Syrian Army fighters carry their weapons as they peek out from a room during clashes with forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad in the old city of Aleppo on April 27, 2014. (Reuters/Jalal Al-Mamo)

Opposition fighters to form joint military command in Aleppo: rebel commander

by Nazeer Rida | Nov 28, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Fourteen rebel factions in Aleppo, in the north of Syria, are seeking to form a joint military command to coordinate attacks against Syrian government forces, local opposition sources have told Asharq Al-Awsat. Efforts to unify rebel ranks in...

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Egyptian FM Sameh Shokri at his office in the Egyptian Foreign Ministry building in Cairo, Egypt, on October 20, 2014. (EPA/Khaled Elfiqi)

Egypt FM: Qatar must support our national security

by Michel Abu Najm | Nov 28, 2014 | Interviews

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri has placed the responsibility for reconciliation between Doha and Cairo squarely on Qatar’s shoulders—saying “the ball is not in Egypt’s court.” His comments come soon after the signing of an...

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File photo of Nigerian security forces in Maiduguri, Nigeria. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Bombs, gunfire at crowded central mosque in northern Nigeria’s Kano

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 28, 2014 | World

Kano, Reuters—Gunmen set off three bombs and fired on worshipers at the central mosque of north Nigeria’s biggest city Kano for Friday prayers, witnesses said, an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants. It was not immediately possible to...

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Libyan followers of Islamist militias hold a demonstration in Benghazi, Libya, on September 21, 2012.
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Tunisia denies working with Washington over ISIS in Libya: defense official

by Monji Saidani | Nov 28, 2014 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tunisia’s defense ministry has denied reports of receiving official requests to cooperate with the US in striking Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) positions in neighboring Libya. Speaking exclusively to Asharq Al-Awsat, Ministry of Defense...

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Free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian government soldiers during a fierce firefight in Dera’a, Syria, in March 2013.
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Rebels push forward in southern Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 28, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, AP—Syrian rebels backed by the United States are making their biggest gains yet south of the capital Damascus, capturing a string of towns from government forces and aiming to carve out a swath of territory leading to the doorstep of President Bashar...