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Relatives of Lebanese soldiers, kidnapped by fighters believed to be linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Al-Nusra Front, hold photos depicting the soldiers during a protest in front of the Lebanese government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 4, 2014. (EPA/Nabil Mouzner)

Opinion: Lebanon is an autumn leaf in a gale

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Dec 4, 2014 | Opinion

As I was writing this article, the suffering of the Lebanese military personnel taken hostage by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Al-Nusra Front took a dramatic turn. The hostages’ families suspended their street protest upon hearing the news that a...

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Libyan followers of Ansar Al-Shari’a Brigades and other Islamic militias hold a demonstration against a film and a cartoon denigrating the Prophet Muhammad in Benghazi, Libya, on September 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

US military monitoring ISIS training in Libya: general

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 4, 2014 | Middle East

Washington, Reuters—The US military is closely monitoring a nascent effort by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the militant group that has overrun parts of Syria and Iraq, to train a couple of hundred fighters in eastern Libya, the commander of US forces in...

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People protest on 6th Avenue in Manhattan after a grand jury decided not to indict New York Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Eric Garner’s death on December 3, 2014 in New York City. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images/AFP)

Protesters block New York streets after officer cleared in chokehold death

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 4, 2014 | World

New York, Reuters—Thousands of demonstrators disrupted New York City traffic into early Thursday after a grand jury decided not to bring charges against a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man. Mostly peaceful protests sprung up on...

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Tribal fighters take part in military training to prepare for fighting against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, at the Ain Al-Assad military base in Iraq’s Anbar province, on November 15, 2014. (Reuters)

Sunni Anbar tribes wary of cooperation with US

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 4, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad and Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The heads of two prominent Sunni Anbar tribes expressed unease about the prospect of cooperating with the US against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Wednesday, and repeated calls for the Iraqi government to support them...

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Hosni Mubarak returns to the hospital where he is being held under house arrest after attending a trial session in Cairo on November 29, 2014 where he was cleared of all charges. (EPA/Khaled Elfiqi)

Opinion: Mubarak’s Trial and Mursi’s Legacy

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 4, 2014 | Opinion

Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s ousted president, is a mere symbol of the past. He’s never represented a threat to the new regime because he has no influence over society and no political movement behind him. His political career died in February 2011, even before his...