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Tribal fighters carry their weapons as they take part in an intensive security deployment against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in the town of Amiriyah Fallujah, in Anbar province, on October 31, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)

Anti-ISIS fighters in Iraq say they are running out of ammunition

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 8, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat— Tribal fighters battling the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for control of the disputed city of Hit in Iraq’s western Anbar province warned on Sunday that they were running critically short of ammunition. “The arms and ammunition that...

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An Indian paramilitary soldier looks on as he obscures the image of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a Bharatiya Janata Party campaign poster , during a curfew in Srinagar on December 8, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/Rouf BHAT)

India’s Modi takes political campaign to Kashmir separatist stronghold

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 8, 2014 | World

Srinagar, Reuters—Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took his political campaign to the troubled northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, promising jobs and water supplies to win support in a region at the heart of nearly seven decades of hostility with...

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Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, attend the 131th meeting of the council’s, on June 2, 2014 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AFP/Fayez Nureldine)

Opinion: Seizing the Opportunity of the Doha Summit

by Salman Al-dossary | Dec 8, 2014 | Opinion

The Gulf Cooperation Council’s upcoming Doha Summit will go ahead at its scheduled time and place. It has not been postponed or relocated to another country. It is taking place after an important part of the difference of opinion that split Qatar from its sister...

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A protester holds her hands up in front of a police car in Ferguson, United States, on November 25, 2014.
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Opinion: Every society has its own problems—and solutions

by Tariq Alhomayed | Dec 8, 2014 | Opinion

How do we frame protests in New York and other American cities against excessive police violence towards the African-American community, and particularly the youth, in light of the unrest and deteriorating security situation that is taking place in our own region? We...

Arabic Calligraphy: Man vs. Machine?

by Eman Al-Khattaf | Dec 8, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—There has been much debate recently among Saudi scribes over the role modern technology is playing in the centuries-old art of Arabic calligraphy. Some artists see modern technology as their sworn enemy and a tool for the destruction and...