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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel attend a session of the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, in Berlin on February 27, 2015. (Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke)

German parliament approves Greece’s bailout extension

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 27, 2015 | World

Berlin, AP—Germany’s parliament overwhelmingly approved the four-month extension of Greece’s financial bailout on Friday, despite unease over the new government in Athens. Lawmakers voted 542-32 to back the bailout extension. There were 13 abstentions....

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media in his office in Ankara on April 23, 2014. (AP Photo)

Opinion: Erdoğan’s Dangerous Power Game

by Amir Taheri | Feb 27, 2015 | Opinion

According to Western governments, more than 12,000 of their citizens have traveled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in various capacities including frontline fighters. Estimates also show that 8,000 citizens of some 20 other...

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An image from a propaganda video by Al-Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the ISIS Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi on July 5, 2014 (AFP PHOTO / HO / AL-FURQAN MEDIA)

Splits emerging within ISIS in Iraq: sources

by Dalshad Abdullah | Feb 27, 2015 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Cracks are appearing within the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) amid reports of divisions and confrontation between foreign fighters and local tribesmen in the Iraqi provinces of Nineveh, Salah Al-Din and Anbar. The divisions have emerged...