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Ukrainian servicemen prepare their ammunition at a position on the front-line near the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on January 26, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII BOIKO)
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Fighters from the Free Syrian Army (L) and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (C), join forces to fight ISIS militants in Kobani, Syria, on November 19, 2014 (AP Photo/Jake Simkin, File)
Kurds push ISIS out of Kobani after four-month battle
Beirut and Istanbul, Reuters—Kurdish forces took full control of the Syrian town of Kobani on Monday, driving out remaining Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters to end a four-month battle that became a focal point of the international fight against the...Caption:
King Salman in 2004 on a visit to Spain during his tenure as Riyadh’s governor. (EPA/Jose Huesca)
Opinion: Saudi Policies in the Era of King Salman
What will change in Saudi policy, both foreign and domestic, over the coming period? This is the question that has been most repeated in the Western press since the death of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz and the ascension of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman...Caption:
A car burns after commemorations of the anniversary of the 2011 uprising turned in to clashes in Matareya, Cairo, Egypt, on January 25, 2015. (EPA/AHMED TARANH / ALMASRY ALYOUM EGYPT OUT)
Egypt sees bloody day on fourth anniversary of uprising
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—At least 18 people were killed and 52 injured in clashes throughout Egypt on Sunday, on the fourth anniversary of the January 2011 revolution that toppled the regime of former president Hosni Mubarak. Hisham Ata, a member of the Emergencies...Caption:
Yemeni women shout slogans during a rally against the occupation of the capital by Shi’ite Houthi rebels in Sana’a, on January 26, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS)