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French soldiers patrol near the Louvre Museum in Paris on January 8, 2015. (REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes)

Hunt for two in French shooting that killed 12; one surrenders

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 8, 2015 | World

Paris, AP—Police hunted Thursday for two heavily armed men, one with possible links to Al-Qaeda, in the methodical killing of 12 people at a satirical newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad. The prime minister said the possibility of a new attack “is...

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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski Kalak, 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on August 8, 2014. (AFP/Safin Hamed)

Baghdad and Erbil hold talks on military cooperation against ISIS

by Hamza Mustafa | Jan 8, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—A high-level Peshmerga delegation arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday to discuss measures to deepen security and military cooperation between Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Kurdistan’s...

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A Syrian worker living in Lebanon carries wood on his shoulder at a sawmill in the town of Aqbieh, southern Lebanon, on May 22, 2012. (Reuters/Ali Hashisho)

Between Beirut and a Hard Place

by Nazeer Rida | Jan 8, 2015 | Features

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Designed to help Lebanon cope with the massive, transforming influx of over a million refugees into a small country of 4 million, new regulations for Syrians entering Lebanon introduced this week mean many migrant Syrians are now confronted...

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The Muslim Brotherhood’s alleged “headquarters” in Cricklewood, northwest London, seen on June 16, 2014.
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UK to announce findings of Muslim Brotherhood investigation soon: sources

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Jan 8, 2015 | World

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The British government will release the findings of an official investigation into the Muslim Brotherhood and its activities in the UK soon, a British government source told Asharq Al-Awsat on Tuesday. British Prime Minister David Cameron...

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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)

Opinion: Another Arab country is slipping into chaos

by Osman Mirghani | Jan 8, 2015 | Opinion

On September 25, 2014 Asharq Al-Awsat published my article, “The Costly Neglect of Libya,” which dealt with the deteriorating situation in that country and the absence of coordinated and effective steps on the part of the Arab world and the international...