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In this November 12, 2010 file photo, Hezbollah fighters hold their party flags, as they parade during the opening of new cemetery for colleagues who died in fighting against Israel, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a sermon during morning prayers for the Eid Al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in central Tehran, on July 18, 2015. (Reuters/leader.ir /Handout)
Nuclear deal will not change Iran’s relations with US: Supreme Leader
Dubai and Beirut, Reuters—Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday the nuclear deal with world powers did not signal any wider shift in Iran’s relationship with Washington or its policies in the Middle East. The agreement struck this week...Caption:
The suspect in the beheading of a businessman, Yassine Salhi, a towel over his head to mask his face, is escorted by police officers as they leave his home in Saint-Priest, outside the city of Lyon, central France, Sunday, June 28, 2015. A security official tells The Associated Press the move to his home aims to find his passport, to determine if he traveled abroad. The suspect allegedly crashed a truck into a U.S.-owned chemical warehouse on Friday, setting off an explosion, and hung his employer’s head on the factory’s gate. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Opinion: Selfies and Violent Extremism
Recent news reports indicate that Yassin Salhi, the man who beheaded his boss and tried to attack a factory in France in late June, took a selfie with the victim’s severed head and sent the picture to someone believed to be fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and...Caption:
Military vehicles of the Southern Popular Resistance fighters move during clashes with Houthi fighters on a street in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on July 17, 2015. (REUTERS/Stringer)
Hadi loyalists eyeing Yemen’s largest air base: source
Sana’a and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi-backed fighters are preparing to push into Yemen’s largest air base, a government source has said, one day after the country’s exiled leaders declared Aden liberated from Houthi rebels. Eyewitnesses said heavy Saudi-led...Caption:
Members of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) take position in a classroom in the village of Ma’arouf in the northeastern Syrian province of Al-Hasakah on July 16, 2015, as they battle Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters. (AFP PHOTO / YOUSSEF KARWASHAN)