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A B-1B long range bomber aircraft of the US-led coalition fighting ISIS flies over Kobani, Syria, on November 15, 2014.
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Death toll from a US-led strike rises to 52 civilians in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 2, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—The death toll from an air strike by US-led forces on the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Friday has risen to 52 including seven children, a group monitoring the conflict said on Saturday. US and Arab forces have been carrying out almost daily...

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Afghan women shout slogans during a protest against the killing of Afghan woman Farkhunda, in front of the Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 24, 2015. (EPA/Hedayatullah Amid)

Afghan trial in mob killing of woman begins live on TV

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 2, 2015 | World

Kabul, AP—The trial of 49 suspects, including 19 police officers, on charges relating to the mob killing of an Afghan woman began in the capital, Kabul, on Saturday. The opening of the trial at Afghanistan’s Primary Court was broadcast live on nationwide...

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Louay Hussein, a leading Syrian intellectual and president and co-founder of the Syrian opposition movement Building the Syrian State (BSS) speaks during an interview in Damascus on March 3, 2015. (AFP/Louai Beshara)

Louay Hussein: Assad incapable of negotiating for peace

by Caroline Akoum | May 1, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian domestic opposition mainstay Louay Hussein has said that he took the decision to leave Syria after becoming convinced that the Assad regime is nothing more than a “militia” and is incapable of negotiating to reach a political solution to...

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US President Barack Obama (C-L) is greeted by Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (C-R) upon his arrival at Rawdat Khurayim, the monarch’s desert camp 60 miles (35 miles) northeast of Riyadh ahead of a meeting with Saudi King Abdullah, on March 28, 2014. Obama arrived in Riyadh for talks with Saudi King Abdullah as mistrust fuelled by differences over Iran and Syria overshadows a decades-long alliance between their countries. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

Opinion: Why Iran cannot deliver what Obama hopes

by Amir Taheri | May 1, 2015 | Opinion

In two weeks’ time President Barack Obama is scheduled to host a summit at Camp David with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states. The event comes at a time when the Middle East is experiencing multi-layered turmoil as has not been seen for...

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Rebel fighters fire mortar shells at the frontline in Jabal Al-Akrad in Syria’s northwestern Latakia province, on April 29, 2015.
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Islamist rebels battle Syrian army near Assad heartland

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 1, 2015 | Middle East

Amman and Beirut, Reuters—Islamist rebels and the Syrian army fought fierce battles in Latakia province overnight close to President Bashar Al-Assad’s ancestral home, the army and rebels said, after weeks of insurgent gains in the country’s northwest....