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US Ambassador to Lebanon, David Hill (3 – R), pays his respects at the tomb of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, during the 10th anniversary of his assassination in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on February 13, 2015. (EPA/Nabil Mounzer)
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Pro-Russian rebels stationed in Donetsk region launch missiles toward a position of the Ukrainian forces in Debaltseve, about 20 miles away, on February 13, 2015. (AFP Photo/Andrey Borodulin)
Ukraine ceasefire deadline provokes bitter last-gasp battle
Artemivsk, Ukraine, AP—Russian-backed separatists mounted a vicious assault Friday in eastern Ukraine ahead of a weekend ceasefire deadline, pummeling a strategic railway hub with wave upon wave of shelling in a last-minute grab for territory. At least 26 people were...Caption:
Egyptian couple celebrate their wedding day. (Ahmad Abdel Mageed/AFP/Getty Images)
Match Made in Cairo
Three women huddle around the couple. Two of the women are likely to be their mothers; the third in this decisive meeting is the matchmaker, the middle-woman or the khatba. She is the one who is brokering the marriage. Anyone wandering through Cairo’s cafes or social...Caption:
A Kurdish sniper looks down on the Syrian city of Kobani on January 30, 2015, a few days after ISIS withdrew from the city.
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Kobani: A Looming Humanitarian Disaster
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—After four months of incessant fighting, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has finally been driven out of Kobani, but with much of the Syrian border town in ruins and its population dispersed, the fight for the future of the city has...Caption:
Egyptian riot policemen stand guard behind barbed wire outside the Police Academy where a hearing in the espionage trial of Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi is expected to open on February 16, 2014 in Cairo. (AFP Photo/ Khaled Desouki)