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Fire trucks and an ambulance are seen next to a US Navy P-3 Orion Maritime patrol aircraft after it landed at the Incirlik airbase in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, on July 25, 2015. (Reuters/Murad Sezer)

Turkey, US to begin joint offensive against ISIS in Syria: sources

by Thair Abbas | Jul 26, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut and Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkey and the United States are to begin a joint offensive that will see them coordinate airstrikes on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), informed Turkish sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday. The sources, who requested...

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A Saudi military cargo plane is seen at the international airport of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, on July 24, 2015. (Reuters/Faisal Al-Nasser)

Yemen: Saudi-led coalition declares five-day ceasefire

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Jul 26, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Sana’a and Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Saudi-led coalition targeting the Houthi movement in Yemen declared a five-day humanitarian ceasefire on Saturday, according to a statement by the coalition. The statement also said however that airstrikes would resume...

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This image from aircraft cockpit video released by Turkey’s state-run agency Anadolu on July 24, 2015, shows what they report to be Turkish warplanes striking Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets across the border in Syria. (Anadolu via AP Video)

Opinion: ISIS’s Rebellion against Ankara

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 26, 2015 | Opinion

The official Turkish version is reasonable, despite what skeptics might believe. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was most likely behind the suicide bomb attack in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruç last week, which left more than 30 people dead. This...

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif delivers a speech during a press conference in Kuwait City on July 26, 2015 (AFP Photo/Yasser Al-Zayyat)

Iran launches charm offensive among wary Gulf states

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 26, 2015 | Middle East

Dubai and Manama, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif began a charm offensive in the Gulf on Sunday to defend a nuclear deal seen by some Arab states as heralding greater Iranian support for armed groups and governments opposed...