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Some of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) online recruitment propaganda. Asharq Al-Awsat)

EU in new drive to target ISIS online recruiters

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 23, 2015 | World

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, will target the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) online recruiters in a new campaign beginning July 1, the agency has said. A Europol spokesperson told Asharq Al-Awsat on Monday the agency would...

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Syrians buy nuts and candies at the Bab Sreijeh souk in downtown Damascus, Syria, on June 23, 2015. (EPA/Youssef Badawi)

Syrian economy “devastated” by conflict: report

by Mina Al-Droubi | Jun 23, 2015 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—War in Syria has “devastated” the country’s economy, which has contracted by more than 50 percent since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, according to London-based think-tank Chatham House. In a research paper, Syria’s...

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Druze clerics from the Golan Heights watch the fighting near the Druze village of Hadar on the Syrian side of the border with Israel, 20 June 2015, during a fight with Syrian Nusra Front (JAN) fighters following the killing of some twenty Druze by Islamic opposition groups in Syria’s north. EPA/ATEF SAFADI

Opinion: Fear for the Druze—or for Assad?

by Diana Moukalled | Jun 23, 2015 | Opinion

Lebanese politician Wiam Wahab’s recent warning regarding the possibility of the Druze seeking refuge in Israel to escape the takfirist threat did not provoke the ire of the anti-Israel resistance ranks, whether on the media or the political level. Wahab, who has...

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Anti-Houthi fighters of the Southern Popular Resistance walk to the frontline of their fight against Houthi fighters in Al-Memdara district of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden June 2, 2015. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Houthis, Saleh loyalists clash in southwestern Yemen: source

by Arafat Madabish | Jun 23, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Violent clashes erupted in southwestern Yemen on Monday between Houthi insurgents and forces loyal to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh in what rebel sources said was the result of a dispute over oil supplies. Other sources said the...

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Smoke rises over Gaza City after an Israeli strike, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, as Israel and Gaza militants resumed cross-border attacks after a three-day truce expired. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Israel, Hamas may have committed war crimes in Gaza: UN report

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 23, 2015 | Middle East

Geneva, Reuters—UN investigators said on Monday that Israel and Hamas, as well as other Palestinian militant groups, committed grave abuses of international humanitarian law during the 2014 Gaza conflict that may amount to war crimes. They called on all sides to...