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A resident inspects the damage from what activists said was barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad in Douma, Eastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria August 22, 2015. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Opinion: Achieving Peace through Strength—A Good Lesson to Syria’s Revolt

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Aug 26, 2015 | Opinion

Last Friday marked the second anniversary of the chemical weapons attacks perpetrated by the Syrian regime against the towns and villages of Eastern Ghouta near Syria’s capital, Damascus. That day, according to reliable sources, the area covering the eastern and...

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In this June 27, 1996 file photo, a Saudi and a US serviceman, right, walk through the rubble in front of the Khobar Towers housing complex, at a US military base in Dhahran that was devastated by a truck bomb killing 19 US servicemen and injuring hundreds. (AP Photo/Greg Marinovich, File)

Khobar Towers bombing mastermind arrested in Beirut, transferred to Riyadh: Saudi officials

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Aug 26, 2015 | Middle East

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—The mastermind of the 1996 bombing in eastern Saudi Arabia that killed and injured hundreds of US service personnel has been arrested, Saudi security officials told Asharq Al-Awsat on Tuesday. Ahmed Al-Mughassil has been arrested in the...

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The Cortinthia Hotel is seen under attack in Tripoli, Libya, on January 27, 2015. (AP Photo/ @AliTweel via AP video)

Turkey introduces visa requirements for Libyans: Libyan officials

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

Tripoli, Reuters—Turkey is introducing visa requirements for Libyans, Libyan officials said on Tuesday, pushing the North African country deeper into isolation. Turkey had been one of the few countries which Libyans could visit without a visa and became a major...