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Mourners watch as the coffin of Tugce is buried at a cemetery in Bad Soden-Salmuenster, Germany, on December 3, 2014. (EPA/Redrik Von Erichsen)
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File photo of Pentagon logo in Washington. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
US aware of Iran’s destabilizing role in Iraq: Pentagon official
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Washington is committed to a policy of non-coordination with Iran in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), US officials have told Asharq Al-Awsat. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of anonymity, a senior US...Caption:
epa04300524 A photograph made from a video released on 05 July 2014 by the jihadist affiliated group Furqan Media via their twitter account allegedly showing Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a sermon during Friday prayers at a mosque in Mosul, Iraq, 04 July 2014. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the ruler of the self-styled […]
Confusion continues over arrest of ISIS leader’s alleged wife
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Confusion continued on Wednesday over Lebanese authorities’ arrest of a woman alleged to be the wife of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, with Iraq’s Defense Ministry denying that the woman in custody was...Caption:
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Nabil Elaraby: Attitudes to Palestinian statehood are changing
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Palestinian issue has been at the heart of the Arab League since the formation of the organization in 1945, though its members have frequently been distracted by other crises. Today is no exception, with chaos in Libya and Yemen, war in...Caption:
Qatar Foreign Minister Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah (R) receives UAE’s ambassador to Qatar, Salih Bin Mohammed Al-Amiri, in the Qatari capital Doha, December 2, 2014. (Qatar News Agency)