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Saudi soldiers exercise before a military parade during preparations for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, at a military camp in Arafat, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. (AP)

Opinion: ISIS, Iran and the Larger Battle

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Apr 25, 2015 | Opinion

Saudi Arabia, as well as all members of its coalition, are currently in a state of war against the main source of chaos in the region: Iran. Tehran is fomenting this chaos through its regional allies, from the Houthis in Yemen to Hezbollah in Lebanon to the sectarian...

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Smoke rises during clashes between Iraqi security forces and tribal fighters and Islamic State group militants near al-Houz bridge on the Euphrates river in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2015. (AP Photo)

ISIS takes military barracks, dam in Iraq’s Anbar: sources

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 25, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Iraq took partial control of a water dam and military barracks guarding it in the western Anbar province after fierce fighting through the night that continued on Saturday, security sources and...

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Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Turki gestures during a news conference in Riyadh March 24, 2013. (REUTERS)

Saudi Arabia foils ISIS terrorist attack: official

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 25, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi security forces have foiled a terrorist attack by militants affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), an Interior Ministry spokesman announced. The “terrorist operation” would have seen seven car bombs target different...

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Rebel fighters drive in a convoy as they head towards what they said was an offensive to take control of the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour and the surrounding areas, which are controlled by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad April 20, 2015. (Reuters/Khalil Ashawi)

Insurgents seize large parts of Syria’s Jisr Al-Shughour: monitor

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 25, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—Islamist insurgents including Al-Qaeda’s wing in Syria the Al-Nusra Front on Saturday captured large parts of the northwestern Syrian town of Jisr Al-Shugour for the first time in the four year conflict. Syrian activists and a violence monitoring...

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Volunteers help remove debris of a building that collapsed at Durbar Square, after an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)

Devastating Nepal earthquake kills hundreds, triggers deadly Everest avalanche

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 25, 2015 | World

Kathmandu, Reuters—A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing hundreds of people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and triggering a fatal avalanche on Mount Everest. There were reports...