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A handout picture released by the Kuwaiti news agency (KUNA) on June 28, 2015 shows Fahd Suleiman Abdul Mohsen Al-Qabba’a, identified as the suicide bomber who carried out a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on the Shi’ite Al-Imam Al-Sadeq mosque in Kuwait City where he blew himself up, killing 26 and injuring 227 people on June 26, 2015. (AFP Photo/HO/KUNA)

Saudi Arabia arrests three brothers over Kuwait Shi’ite mosque attack

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Jul 8, 2015 | Middle East

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—Security coordination between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has led to the arrest of three brothers in connection with the suicide bombing that hit a Shi’ite mosque in Kuwait last month, security bodies in both countries said on Tuesday. The three...

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Cargo ships sail through the Suez Canal, seen from a helicopter, near Ismailia, Egypt, in this September 2009 file photo. (AP Photo, File)

Egypt arrests 13 Brotherhood members over alleged Suez Canal terror plot: sources

by Ahmad Al-Ghamrawi | Jul 7, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian authorities have arrested 13 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group on suspicion of carrying out a terrorist attack on the Suez Canal, security sources said on Monday. The 13, who included an employee of the Suez Canal...

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Opinion: How Will our Region Look Come November 2016?

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jul 7, 2015 | Opinion

Against the backdrop of genocide committed by the rump of the Syrian regime against its people in the service of the agreed regional script for the Arab Mashreq (East), and the accelerating collapse of the concept of the “State” throughout the Middle East and North...

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Houthi followers hold mock missiles and their rifles as they shout slogans during a demonstration against the United Nations in Sana’a, Yemen, on July 5, 2015. (Reuters/Mohamed Al-Sayaghi)

Yemeni government, Saudi-led coalition in talks with UN over ceasefire: source

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Jul 7, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s internationally recognized government and members of the Saudi-led coalition targeting the Houthis in Yemen have begun consultations with the UN regarding a proposed ceasefire in the country, according to a Yemeni government...

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British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and London Mayor Boris Johnson take part in a wreath-laying ceremony in London’s Hyde Park on July 7, 2015, in memory of the 52 victims of the 7/7 London attacks. (AFP Photo/Niklas Halle’n)

Britain pays tribute to victims on 10th anniversery of London bombings

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 7, 2015 | World

London, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Prime Minister David Cameron led somber tributes on Tuesday as Britain commemorated the 10th anniversary of attacks that killed 56 people in London, the first suicide bombings by Islamist militants in western Europe. Relatives of the...