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Khaled Khoja, leader of the Syrian National Coalition, speaks during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 5, 2015. (EPA Photos)

Syrian opposition groups wavering on Moscow talks

by Sami Amara | Jan 15, 2015 | Middle East

Moscow and Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Syrian opposition remains undecided over participation in talks organized by Russia at the end of this month, with a key Syria-based group saying it has yet to make up its mind on attending the preliminary talks that are aimed at...

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Christopher Lee Cornell was charged on January 14, 2015 for plotting to attack the US Capitol.
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FBI: Man planned to bomb US Capitol, kill officials

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 15, 2015 | World

Cincinnati, AP—A 20-year-old man’s Twitter posts sympathizing with Islamic terrorists led to an undercover FBI operation and the man’s arrest on charges that he plotted to blow up the US Capitol and kill government officials. Christopher Lee Cornell, also...

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ISIS fighters parade on military vehicles along the streets of northern Raqqa province in Syria on June 30, 2014. (Reuters)

Opinion: A New Name for ISIS

by Prince Turki al-Faisal | Jan 15, 2015 | Opinion

When the international community decided to punish Al-Qaeda and the Taliban for the 9/11 attacks, a number of Al-Qaeda members fled to Iran. The Iranian authorities then sheltered these militants under the supervision of the intelligence service. Some of them included...

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From Left to right : European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, delegate, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Union President Donald Tusk, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Jordan’s Queen Rania, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, and other heads of states and officials march during the Unity rally “Marche Republicaine” in Paris, on January 11, 2015 (AFP PHOTO/ ERIC FEFERBERG)

Opinion: Paris as the Capital of the World

by Tariq Alhomayed | Jan 15, 2015 | Opinion

“Paris is the capital of the world,” French President François Hollande said recently after the Paris terror attacks, expressing the international support his country has received in the form of a million-strong march in Paris led by him and some 40 world leaders and...