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US President Barack Obama speaks during the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism on February 18, 2015 in Washington, DC. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

Obama: US at war with those who have perverted Islam

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 19, 2015 | World

Washington, AP—Muslims in the US and around the world have a responsibility to fight a misconception that terrorist groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) speak for them, President Barack Obama said Wednesday in his most direct remarks yet about any...

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Libya’s internationally recognized Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani speaks during an interview with Reuters in Bayda on February 15, 2015. (Reuters/Esa Omran Al-Fetori)

Libya PM: Egypt informed us of airstrikes on ISIS

by Khalid Mahmoud | Feb 19, 2015 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—With Egypt appearing to be gearing up for a military intervention in Libya, Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thani sat down with Asharq Al-Awsat in Cairo to discuss the deteriorating security situation in the volatile North African state. Egypt...

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A handout photograph made available by the Saudi Press Agency shows Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz (R) meeting with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani (L), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 17, 2015. (EPA/Saudi Press Agency/HO)

Opinion: The Bedrock of Stability in the Arab World

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Feb 19, 2015 | Opinion

Over the course of three days the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, has been receiving Gulf leaders in the Saudi capital Riyadh: the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jabir Al-Sabah; then the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi,...