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Forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad walk in al-Mallah Farms after regaining control of the area in north of Aleppo December 15, 2014. (Reuters/George Ourfalian)

Syrian air force kills 45 civilians in stepped-up raids: monitor

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 26, 2014 | Middle East

Amman, Reuters—At least 45 civilians were killed and some 175 wounded when aircraft bombed a northern Syrian city controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), as Bashar al-Assad’s government stepped up air raids, residents and a monitoring group...

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Somjit Bhuddharaj, 58, gestures after placing flowers next to a plaque with the name of his family, who was killed in the 2004 tsunami, at a wave-shaped memorial in Ban Nam Khem, a southern fishing village destroyed by the wave, December 26, 2014. (Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha)

Asia remembers devastating 2004 tsunami with tears and prayers

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 26, 2014 | World

Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Reuters—Survivors of Asia’s 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims cried and prayed as they gathered along Indian Ocean shorelines on Friday for memorials to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an indelible...

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President Barack Obama smiles during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The president claimed an array of successes in 2014, citing lower unemployment, a rising number of Americans covered by health insurance, and an historic diplomatic opening with Cuba. He also touts […]

Opinion: Obama’s second term surprises

by Amir Taheri | Dec 26, 2014 | Opinion

Just before his second election win, President Barack Obama was caught by a surreptitiously live microphone whispering confidences in the ears of the then Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. The gist of the whisper, later broadcast by eavesdroppers in the US media, was...