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Pope Francis, left, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I bless the faithful gathered in the courtyard of the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Sunday, November 30, 2014. (AP)

Pope, patriarch demand end to ISIS attacks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 30, 2014 | Middle East

Istanbul, AP—Pope Francis and the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians demanded an end to the violent persecution of Christians in Syria and Iraq on Sunday and called for dialogue with Muslims, capping Francis’ three-day visit to Turkey with...

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Protesters burn a police vehicle during the fighting in Ramadi December 31, 2013. (REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhadani)

Opinion: The Sabotage of Anbar

by Wafiq Al-Samarrai | Nov 30, 2014 | Opinion

When the protests began in Anbar, I wrote an article in which I described what happened as Fitnah, an Arabic word that means sedition. The worst thing about the protests was that they were dominated by clerics too young to be up to the required level of religious...

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In this Wednesday, November 19, 2014 photo, a Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) fighter shows the extent of the damage from a truck bomb in Kobani, Syria. (AP Photo/Jake Simkin)

Kurdish forces call for Turkish investigation into ISIS Kobani attack

by Nazeer Rida | Nov 30, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdish forces in Kobani have called on Ankara to carry out an immediate investigation into how Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters were able to launch a suicide attack on the city from Turkish territory on Saturday. The incident...

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Saudi investors monitor stocks at the newly opened exchange market department at the National Commercial Bank (NCB) in Riyadh on November 12, 2014. (AFP/Fayez Nureldine)

Saudi stock market sees 21.5% decline in 3 months

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Nov 30, 2014 | Business

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s stock market has witnessed a significant decline of 21.5 percent, after peaking 90 days ago, following a sharp drop in oil prices after OPEC announced it would not be cutting output earlier this week. Saudi Arabia’s stock market...

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A woman walks past anti-terror propaganda along the streets of Urumqi, in China’s Xinjiang region on September 16, 2014.
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Fifteen dead, 14 hurt in attack in China’s Xinjiang: Xinhua news agency

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 29, 2014 | World

Shanghai, Reuters—Fifteen people were killed when a group threw explosives into a crowded street where vendors were selling food in China’s restive region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Eleven were attackers who were killed by the...