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Iraq’s President Fuad Masoum speaks during an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace in Baghdad March 25, 2015. (Reuters//Ahmed Saad)

Iraq President: ISIS will soon be forced out of Iraq

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Mar 29, 2015 | Interviews

Sharm El-Sheikh, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Iraq continues its operations to retake the city of Tikrit from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and begins preparations for a long-awaited assault on Mosul, which is also under the control of the terrorist group, the...

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A Germanwings logo is pictured at a door of a car outside the Germanwings headquarters at Cologne-Bonn airport, Germany, on March 28, 2015. (Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay)

Germanwings crash co-pilot may have had detached retina: newspaper

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 29, 2015 | World

Berlin, Reuters—The co-pilot suspected of crashing a passenger jet in the Alps may have been suffering from a detached retina but investigators are unsure whether his vision problems had physical or psychological causes, a German newspaper said on Sunday. Bild am...

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A Picture taken on March 20, 2015 shows the house of Tunisian Jaber Khachnaoui, one of two gunmen who attacked the National Bardo Museum in the centre of the Tunisian capital, in the city of Sbeitla near the border with Algeria. (AP)

Nine killed in Tunisian anti-terrorism operations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 29, 2015 | Middle East

Tunis, AP—Tens of thousands of Tunisians from across the political spectrum marched through the capital Sunday to denounce extremist violence after a deadly museum attack on foreign tourists. Hours ahead of the rally, security forces killed nine terrorist suspects in...

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) talks to Sameh Shoukry, the Egyptian foreign minister, during the Arab League summit at the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on March 29, 2015. (AFP)

Arab summit agrees on unified military force for crises

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 29, 2015 | Middle East

Sharm El-Sheikh, Reuters—Arab leaders at a summit in Egypt announced the formation of a unified military force to counter growing security threats from Yemen to Libya and as regional heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Iran engage in sectarian proxy wars. Working out the...

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Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz attends the Arab League summit in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on March 28, 2015. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

Opinion: King Salman’s Decisive Offer

by Salman Al-dossary | Mar 29, 2015 | Opinion

“At this time, when we did not wish to take this decision [the Saudi-led offensive in Yemen], we wish to emphasize that Riyadh is still leaving the door open to all Yemeni political factions still willing to protect the country’s security and stability.” It was in...