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A woman writes at her desk in her home office. (Getty Images/Ulrik Tofte)
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This undated file picture shows some of the children recruited by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
ISIS’s Child Recruitment Overdrive
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Videos of teenagers and young boys being trained in the use of weapons as well as guerrilla warfare have been circulated profusely on the Internet in the last few months. These images, often released by members of the media affiliated to the...Caption:
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, right, and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, left, during a session of Assembly of Experts in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 (AP Photo)
Opinion: Iran and the Pro-Mullah Lobby’s Arguments
Campaigning for a deal on the Iranian nuclear issue, the pro-mullah lobby in the West, especially in the United States, often cites three claims in support of President Barack Obama’s appeasement of Tehran. The first is that a deal will help the “reformist” wing of...Caption:
Yemeni President, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (L), meets Yemeni Defense Minister, Gen. Mahmoud Al-Subaihi, after his escape from house arrest by the Houthi militia, in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on March 11, 2015. (EPA/Stringer)
Yemen: Hadi meets escaped defense minister
Sana’a and Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi met with Defense Minister Gen. Mahmoud Al-Subaihi in Aden on Wednesday, their first meeting since Subaihi escaped house arrest imposed on him by the Houthi movement, which is now in de facto...Caption:
Iraqi Vice-President Osama Al-Nujaifi (R), Athil Al-Nujaifi, the governor of Mosul (C) and Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid Al-Obaidi visit a Kurdish Peshmerga position on the frontline in the Gwer, Iraq, on January 9, 2015. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)