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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting to sign more than 20 international treaties, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on December 31, 2014. (EPA)

Palestinians file Israeli war crime suit with ICC: official

by Nazir Majli | Jan 2, 2015 | Middle East

Tel Aviv, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Palestinians filed a request to the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate what it believes to be Israeli war crimes committed during the 50-day war in Gaza in July and August 2014, along with its letters of...

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Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thani (Asharq All-Awsat)

Libya’s PM considering resignation: minister

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 2, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—A Libyan official has revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thani may consider resigning from his position, with an “undeclared battle” to succeed him raging behind-the-scenes among members of the parliament....

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Emergency personnel help migrants who arrived in Italy onboard another ship that was rescued by the Italian Coast Guard on December 31, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)

Italy rescuing more migrants in Mediterranean

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 2, 2015 | World

Rome, AP—An Icelandic Coast Guard ship was towing a cargo vessel to Italy with about 450 migrants who were abandoned by smugglers, leaving the vessel navigating without a crew, authorities said. Italian Coast Guard Cmdr. Filippo Marini said Friday that after several...

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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (L) walks with Sartaj Aziz, the Pakistani prime minister’s adviser on foreign affairs, after arriving at Chaklala air base in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on November 14, 2014. (Reuters)

Opinion: The Danger of Playing with Terror

by Amir Taheri | Jan 2, 2015 | Opinion

With public sentiment rising against terrorism, the Pakistani and Afghan governments have decided to abandon their traditional policy of giving terror groups shelter in exchange for a promise not to carry out attacks inside the “host” nation. As a result of that...

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In this Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, speaks with Syrian troops during his visit to the front line in the eastern Damascus district of Jobar, Syria. Assad has made a rare visit to the frontline spending New Year’s Eve with his troops […]

Opinion: Another Year of the Syrian Conflict

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 2, 2015 | Opinion

We are entering a new year bearing unresolved regional wars, such as the Syrian crisis which is threatening to engulf the entire region. The reason that this conflict endures is not due to the struggle between the two Syrian parties—the opposition and the...