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OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri waits for the start of a meeting of OPEC oil ministers at OPEC’s headquarters in Vienna November 27, 2014. (Reuters/Heinz-Peter Bader)

Oil price fall serves Saudi strategic interests: experts

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Dec 13, 2014 | Business

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia is playing a strategic game by refusing to back a cut in OPEC oil production, lowering international oil prices, according to Gulf-based economists. The price of oil continued to fall this week after the International Energy Agency...

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An image posted on a militant website shows Shakir Waheib, a senior member of ISIS, (L), next to a burning police vehicle in Iraq’s Anbar Province. (AP Photo via militant website, File)

ISIS regaining ground in western Iraq: local officials

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 13, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters have recaptured several villages near Anbar governorate, local officials and tribal figures told Asharq Al-Awsat. Despite recently suffering setbacks in western Iraq, the Islamist group has...

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An Iraqi army helicopter flies over the city of Baaquba, the capital of Iraq’s Diyala province, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq.
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ISIS shoots down Iraqi helicopter

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 13, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, AP—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants shot down an Iraqi military helicopter, officials said Saturday, killing the two pilots on board and raising fresh concerns about the extremists’ ability to attack aircraft amid ongoing US-led...

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Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz inspects a demonstration of the Saudi armed forces’ anti-terror abilities, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on September 28, 2014. (EPA/Saudi Press Agency)

Obama applauds Saudi role in anti-ISIS coalition

by Heba El Koudsy | Dec 13, 2014 | Middle East

Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—US President Barack Obama praised Saudi Arabia’s efforts in fighting terrorism and extremist ideology during a meeting with the Kingdom’s Minister of Interior Prince Mohammed Bin Naif Bin Abdulaziz on Friday. Saudi Arabia’s interior...

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Indian women participate in a march in “Defense of Mother Earth” in Lima, Peru, on December 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

In overtime, UN climate talks head for watered-down deal in Lima

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 13, 2014 | World

Lima, Reuters—United Nations climate talks, which ran on into an extra day on Saturday, are heading for a watered-down deal on limiting global warming, leaving many of the toughest issues for next year’s Paris summit. Peruvian Environment Minister Manuel...