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An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on June 12, 2014 allegedly shows Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants taking part in a military parade in the northern city of Mosul. (AFP Photo/HO/YouTube)

Iraqi committee investigating Mosul’s fall will indict governor, senior military figures: source

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 18, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The governor of Nineveh and several senior Iraqi military figures are among the most prominent names who will be indicted by the official committee investigating the takeover of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, last year by the Islamic State of Iraq...

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Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi participate in a protest in Cairo, Egypt, 02 July 2013.
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Opinion: Why the West misread Egypt

by Ali Ibrahim | Jun 18, 2015 | Opinion

One of the problems the West has faced with the Arab world during the Arab Spring era has been its misinterpretation of the situation in Egypt. The scenario in that country has strayed off the path Western think-tanks hoped, or at least predicted, it would follow...

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A handout photograph supplied by the Palestinian Authority shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as he addresses the Revolutionary Council in the West Bank town of Ramallah, 16 June 2015. (EPA/OSAMA FALAH)

Palestine: Abbas orders PM to form new government, says adviser

by Kifah Ziboun | Jun 18, 2015 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—A new Palestinian cabinet consisting of members with links to factions from across the political spectrum will replace the technocratic, national unity government that resigned on Wednesday, a presidential adviser told Asharq Al-Awsat....