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Armed Iraqi Shi’ite fighters from the Popular Mobilization units, supporting the Iraqi government forces, guard a position during clashes with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group’s militants on July 15, 2015 in the town of Saqlawiya on the outskirts of Fallujah (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Fears ISIS could commit “genocide” in Fallujah as Iraqi government’s Anbar operation begins

by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 15, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) has warned that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) plans to commit “genocide” against civilians and government troops in the central Iraqi city of Fallujah, as the Iraqi government’s...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a statement on the Iran talks deal at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria Tuesday July 14, 2015. After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, world powers and Iran struck a landmark deal Tuesday to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions ó an agreement designed to avert the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran and another U.S. military intervention in the Muslim world. (Carlos Barria, Pool Photo via AP)

Opinion: Iran nuclear deal opens the gates of evil in the Middle East

by Salman Al-dossary | Jul 15, 2015 | Opinion

As one Saudi official recently told Reuters, it would be “a happy day” for the Middle East if the nuclear deal stopped Iran gaining a nuclear arsenal. After all, no one in the region and the world will reject the deal if it succeeds in “freezing” Iran’s military...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speaks with Hossein Fereydoun (C), the brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R), before Kerry and Zarif address an international press corps gathered at the Austria Center in Vienna, Austria, on July 14, 2015, following negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program. (Reuters)

Analysis: Iran Nuclear Saga—No Deal Yet

by Amir Taheri | Jul 15, 2015 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—After almost two years of intense diplomacy regarding Iran’s nuclear program, Iran and the P5+1 group led by the United Sates have produced a 159-page document, labeled a “deal” designed to curb Iran’s program in exchange for an easing and...

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Southern militiamen loyal to Yemen’s exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi run to take up positions during clashes with Houthi fighters in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on July 14, 2015. (EPA/STR)

Yemeni government loyalists now control 80 percent of Aden: source

by Mohamed Ali Mohsen | Jul 15, 2015 | Middle East

Aden, Sana’a and Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Forces loyal to Yemen’s exiled government said on Tuesday they have captured Aden’s international airport and several city districts from Houthi rebels, in a major military breakthrough that saw around 80 percent of the...