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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Iraqi volunteer groups hold a position close to the village of Bashir in the Daquq district, 28 miles (45 kilometers) south of Kirkuk, Iraq, on April 18, 2015 as they launched an operation aiming to recapture nearby villages from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. (AFP Photo/Marwan Ibrahim)

Iraq: Peshmerga make grounds against ISIS in Kirkuk

by Dalshad Abdullah | Apr 19, 2015 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdish Peshmerga forces aided by the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Asayiş security apparatus and airstrikes by the US-led coalition targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) made major advances against the extremist group in...

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Reporters gathered at the Riyadh Airbase in Saudi Arabia watch footage presented by the Kingdom’s Defense Ministry showing warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthis in Yemen targeting the Presidential Palace in the country’s southern province of Taiz, on April 19, 2015. (Asharq Al-Awsat/Ali Al-Oraifi)

Houthis reject UN resolution on Yemen

by Arafat Madabish | Apr 19, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Aden and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthi movement has rejected the recent UN resolution targeting the group, which is currently in de facto control of the country after launching a coup in February. In its first official reaction to the...

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An image grab taken on April 19, 2015 from a video reportedly released by the Islamic State (IS) group through Al-Furqan Media, one of the Jihadist platforms used by the militant organisation on the web, purportedly shows men described as Ethiopian Christians captured in Libya kneeling on the ground in front of masked militants before their beheading on a beach at an undisclosed location in Libya. (AFP)

ISIS video purports to show killing of Ethiopians in Libya

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 19, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, AP—A video released by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on Sunday appears to show the killing of two different groups of captured Ethiopian Christians by the extremist group’s Libyan affiliates. The 29-minute online video purports to show...

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Sibel Siber, a former prime minister and candidate for the presidential elections in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), speaks with AFP during an interview in the northern part of Nicosia on April 6, 2015, ahead of the northern enclave’s presidential elections on April 19. (AFP)

Northern Cypriots vote for new leader who can succeed in peace talks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 19, 2015 | World

Nicosia, Reuters—Turkish Cypriot voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, hoping he or she will succeed in forging a peace deal with Greek Cypriots on the ethnically split island. Opinion polls put conservative incumbent Derviş Eroğlu in the lead...