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Jordanians gather outside a mosque during Friday prayers, following a demonstration against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and demanding the freedom of Jordanian pilot Muadh Al-Kasasbeh, in downtown Amman on December 26, 2014. (AFP Photos.)

Opinion: Jordan’s ISIS Dilemma

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Dec 28, 2014 | Opinion

War is war, with blood, wounds, captivity, bereavement, anxiety, deception, resolution and reluctance. It has been like that throughout history, from the time of bows and spears to the age of F-16 fighter jets and Tomahawk missiles. We have all heard about the...

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Syrian national opposition coalition`s newly elected president Hadi Al-Bahra speaks during press conference on July 9, 2014 at a Syrian opposition meeting in Istanbul. (AFP/Ozan Kose)

Syria says to discuss Russia peace plan talks, opposition rejects

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 27, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut/Cairo, Reuters—Syria said on Saturday it is willing to participate in “preliminary consultations” in Moscow aimed at restarting peace talks next year to end its civil war. But members of the Western-backed Syrian opposition dismissed the Russian...

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This image posted by the Raqqa Media Center shows members of ISIS with a captured pilot, center, wearing a white shirt in Raqqa, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center)

Media should stop speculating over pilot’s fate: Information minister

by Majid Al-Amir | Dec 27, 2014 | Middle East

Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—Jordan’s efforts are ongoing, on all levels, to secure the release of captured pilot Muadh Al-Kasasbeh from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in cooperation with Arab brothers and international allies, Information Minister Mohammad...

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Firefighters try to put out a fire in an oil tank in Libya’s Sidra port, on December 26, 2014. (Reuters Photos)

Islamists seeking complete control of Libyan oil: officials

by Khalid Mahmoud | Dec 27, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libya’s Western-backed Tobruk-based government warned that rival Islamist militias are seeking to seize complete control of the country’s oil industry, calling on the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to take...

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A picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 26 December 2014 of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) reportedly touring a greenhouse at a military farm growing vegetables. (EPA)

North Korea blames US for Internet outages

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 27, 2014 | World

Seoul, Reuters—North Korea accused the United States on Saturday of being responsible for Internet outages it experienced in recent days amid a confrontation between them over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures. North Korea’s main internet sites...