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Iraqi Shi’ite militiamen aim their weapons during clashes with ISIS, in Jurf Al-Sakhr, about 43 miles (70 km) southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on October 7, 2014. (AP Photo)

Iraq: Sunni parties seek talks with Shi’ite militia groups

by Hamza Mustafa | Feb 16, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—In another sign of growing sectarian tensions in Iraq, two of the largest Sunni-majority blocs in the Iraqi parliament announced on Sunday they intend to begin negotiating with Shi’ite volunteer militias directly in a bid to persuade them to...

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Yemeni soldiers loyal to the Houthi movement stand guard at the entrance of the presidential palace in the capital Sana’a, on February 16, 2015 (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

UN demands Houthis surrender power in Yemen

by Arafat Madabish | Feb 16, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a and Washington, DC, Asharq Al-Awsat—The UN Security Council on Sunday unanimously adopted a resolution demanding the Shi’ite Houthi movement give up power in Yemen, responding to earlier calls from Gulf states for the Council to take decisive action on the...

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Flowers and candles are seen at Svanevej in Copenhagen. (Reuters)

Two suspected accomplices deny helping Copenhagen gunman

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 16, 2015 | World

Copenhagen, AP—Two men suspected of helping the gunman behind the deadly attacks in Copenhagen faced a court hearing Monday as Danes mourned the victims of a shooting spree that authorities said may have been inspired by last month’s terror attacks in Paris. The...

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A handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (C), surrounded by top military generals, attending an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in Cairo on February 15, 2015 (AFP PHOTO / HO / EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY)

Egypt bombs ISIS targets in Libya after 21 Egyptians beheaded

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 16, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Reuters—Egypt’s air force bombed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets inside Libya on Monday, a day after the group released a video showed the beheading of 21 Egyptians there, marking an escalation in Cairo’s battle against militants. It...

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Nida Allam, a senior at North Carolina State University, rests her head on Asheen Allam, during a vigil for three people who were killed at a condominium near UNC-Chapel Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Craig Stephen Hicks appeared in court Wednesday on charges of first-degree murder in the deaths Tuesday of […]

Opinion: #MuslimLivesMatter

by Diana Moukalled | Feb 16, 2015 | Opinion

Last week, a hashtag on Twitter was able to embarrass the entire US media. Users of the social media website from around the world used #MuslimLivesMatter to express their anger at the US media for not picking up on the story of three young Muslims in North...