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A soldier escorts schoolchildren from the Army Public School that was under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan, on December 16, 2014. (Reuters/Khuram Parvez)

Taliban storm Pakistani school, killing 126

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 16, 2014 | World

Peshawar, Pakistan, AP—Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing 126 people, officials said, in the worst attack to hit the country in years. The overwhelming majority of the victims were students...

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Rebel fighters walk around Al-Hamidiyeh military base in Idlib, Syria, on December 15, 2014.(REUTERS/Stringer)

Around 180 Syrian soldiers, jihadists reported killed in battle for base

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 16, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—Around 100 Syrian soldiers and 80 Islamist fighters were killed during a two-day battle in which insurgents captured the Wadi Al-Deif military base, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Tuesday. The Britain-based group said...

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A rebel fighter from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) sits on a barricade as he holds a position on a front line in the northern city of Aleppo on October 1, 2014. (AFP)

Opinion: An Empty, Token Gesture

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 16, 2014 | Opinion

During a hearing in the US Congress dedicated to discussing Syria and the war on ISIS, some congressmen were surprised that the American government military training program for the Syrian opposition will begin next spring and end a year later in the spring of 2016!...

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Syrian refugee children stand outside their tent at a refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese town of Majdal Anjar, Lebanon on Thursday June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Opinion: A Matter of Conscience

by Hussein Shobokshi | Dec 16, 2014 | Opinion

For the past four years, the world has accepted that Syria’s neighbors are primarily responsible for its refugees. Fleeing the brutality, oppression, and criminality of the bloody regime of Bashar Al-Assad, more than four million Syrians have taken refuge...

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This file photo reportedly shows fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on the Mosul Dam on August 9. (AFP Photo)

ISIS fortifying positions around Mosul: Kurdish official

by Dalshad Abdullah | Dec 16, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has begun fortifying its positions in and around the city of Mosul as Iraqi and Kurdish troops gear up for a major offensive to recapture the city, a senior Kurdish official in Nineveh governorate said...