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Smoke billows in a street as people demonstrate against French weekly Charlie Hebdo’s publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed near the grand mosque in Niamey, on January 17, 2015. (AFP/Boureima Hama)

Muslims protest weekly’s prophet cartoon; 4 killed in Niger

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 17, 2015 | World

Karachi, AP—Muslim anger flared over a French satirical weekly’s latest caricature of the Prophet Muhammad, with four people reported killed and dozens injured at a protest Friday in the West African country of Niger, and violent clashes between demonstrators...

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Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Al-Mouallem (3rd L) speaks to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (3rd R) during a meeting in Sochi on November 26, 2014. (Reuters/Mihail Metzel)

Opinion: What’s Cooking in Moscow?

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jan 17, 2015 | Opinion

Within the next few days, Moscow will host a “dialogue” to discuss the shape of a forthcoming conference. Any conference to carry out “dialogue” on Syria sounds like a good idea to me. It is also a good idea that this will be taking place in the presence of a...

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Sunni volunteers carry weapons during a parade as they prepare to fight against ISIS militants, in the town of Amriyat Al-Falluja in Anbar province, January 8, 2015. (Reuters)

Anbar delegation to call on US to provide more arms, training

by Manaf Al-Obaidi | Jan 17, 2015 | Middle East

Anbar, Asharq Al-Awsat—A delegation of officials and tribal sheikhs from Iraq’s Anbar province is preparing to travel to Washington to request more military assistance from the US in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The provincial...