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Emergency services personnel stand behind a police cordon on February 15, 2015, close to Norrebro station in Copenhagen, where the alleged offender of a terrorist attack, was killed. (AFP PHOTO / SCANPIX DENMARK / MARTIN SYLVEST)

Police kill man believed behind 2 shootings in Copenhagen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 15, 2015 | World

Copenhagen, AP—Danish police shot and killed a man early Sunday suspected of carrying out shooting attacks at a free speech event and then at a Copenhagen synagogue, killing two men, including a member of Denmark’s Jewish community. Five police officers were...

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A masked student of Al-Azhar University throws a Molotov cocktail at riot police and residents during clashes outside the university campus in Cairo’s Nasr City district on December 27, 2013. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Opinion: The Muslim Brotherhood will never change

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Feb 15, 2015 | Opinion

In March 2014 Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior issued a list of groups banned from operating within the Kingdom. The list, which was issued as part of a royal order, included groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS,) Al-Qaeda, the Al-Nusra Front,...

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Emergency services gather outside a venue after shots were fired where an event titled “Art, blasphemy and the freedom of expression” was being held in Copenhagen, on February 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Janus Engel)

One dead after shootout at Danish meeting with controversial artist Vilks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 14, 2015 | World

One civilian was killed and three police were wounded on Saturday in shooting at a public meeting in the Danish capital Copenhagen attended by the controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks, police and the Danish Ritzau news agency reported. Danish police confirmed one...

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Tribal fighters take part in military training to prepare for fighting against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, at the Ain Al-Assad military base in Iraq’s Anbar province, on November 15, 2014. (Reuters)

ISIS close to overrunning strategic Anbar town: sources

by Manaf Al-Obaidi | Feb 14, 2015 | Middle East

Anbar, Asharq Al-Awsat—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters have now taken control of large parts of the strategic Anbar town of Al-Baghdadi—55 miles west of the provincial capital Ramadi—amid fears that the jihadist group is seeking to overrun the nearby...

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Yemeni supporters of the separatist southern movement demonstrate following Friday prayers on February 13, 2015, in Aden.
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Yemen: Southern tribes set to unite in face of Al-Qaeda gains

by Arafat Madabish | Feb 14, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s southern tribes will discuss the formation of a unified command on Monday, a senior tribal official said, as Al-Qaeda-linked militants lay siege to another military base in the south. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, the leader of...