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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 26, 2014. (EPA/Justin Lane)

Palestinian UN statehood resolution to be amended: sources

by Kifah Ziboun | Dec 23, 2014 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Palestinian leadership has agreed to make amendments to the statehood resolution it submitted to the UN Security Council on Wednesday before a vote by the Council due by the end of the year. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Palestinian...

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This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, January 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

ISIS uncovers even more “extremist” cells within group

by Caroline Akoum | Dec 23, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—A video released by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) appears to suggest it has executed four of its own members, for what it said was their attempts to “revolt” against the group. The video, released on the Internet on Monday, said...

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In this Wednesday Nov. 1, 2006 file photo, a Qatari employee of Al-Jazeera Arabic language TV news channel passes by the logo of Al-Jazeera in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr off air amid Cairo–Doha reconciliaiton

by Ahmad Al-Ghamrawi | Dec 23, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr, the controversial Qatari-owned channel that covers Egyptian news and which has been banned in the country, announced that it would be suspending its broadcast on Monday following an easing of diplomatic...

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In this Nov. 23, 2014 file photo, presidential candidate and Nidaa Tounes party leader Beji Caid El-Sebsi leaves the polling station of Soukra after casting his vote, during the first round of the Tunisian presidential election. (AP Photo/Mohamed Werteni)

Veteran El-Sebsi wins Tunisia’s presidential vote

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 23, 2014 | Middle East

Tunis, Reuters—Veteran Tunisian politician Beji Caid El-Sebsi won the country’s first free presidential election in the final step of a transition to democracy after an uprising that ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. El-Sebsi, a former Ben Ali...

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Front-C) gives field guidance at the Kim Jong-suk Pyongyang Textile Mill in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), in Pyongyang, on December 20, 2014. (Reuters/KCNA)

North Korea’s Internet links restored amid US hacking dispute

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 23, 2014 | World

Seoul and Washington, Reuters—North Korea, at the center of a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of Sony Pictures, experienced a complete Internet outage for hours before links were restored on Tuesday, but US officials said Washington was not...