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A member of the allied Iraqi forces consisting of the Iraqi army and fighters from the Popular Mobilization forces, guards a lookout point during clashes with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters on the outskirts of Fallujah, in Iraq’s Anbar province, on August 13, 2015. (AFP Photo/Haidar Mohammed Ali)

Iraq: Suicide attacks, clashes kill 17 troops near Fallujah

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 16, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, AP—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants on Sunday launched an attack against government troops outside the militant-held city of Fallujah, killing at least 17 troops, officials said. Four suicide attackers drove explosives-laden military vehicles...

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A boy walks in front of a house damaged in Thursday’s car bomb attack, near a mosque in Yemen’s capital Sana’a on August 14, 2015. (REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi)

Yemen: Government loyalists say capture Taiz

by Arafat Madabish | Aug 15, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a and Al-Hudaydah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Forces loyal to Yemen’s exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi said on Friday they had captured most of the western city of Taiz after fierce clashes with Houthi militants and forces loyal to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh....

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Libyan troops loyal to Khalifa Haftar, a retired general and former chief of staff for Muammar Gaddafi, sit on an armored personnel carrier (APC) during a demonstration calling on the international community to arm the Libyan army on August 14, 2015 in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. (AFP PHOTO / ABDULLAH DOMA)

ISIS fights rival group and eastern forces in Libya

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 15, 2015 | Middle East

Benghazi and Cairo, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—At least 46 people have been killed in clashes between Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a rival Islamist group and forces loyal to the official government in two Libyan cities, residents and medics said on Friday. The...

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan (C), accompanied by his wife Emine Erdoğan (3rd R), prays during the opening ceremony of Kibledagi mosque in Rize, Turkey, on August 14, 2015. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Turkey nationalists reject minority government in blow to Erdoğan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 14, 2015 | World

Ankara, Reuters—Turkey’s nationalist opposition made clear on Friday it would not roll over and back a minority government, making President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s aim of taking the country to a snap election with the ruling party in control look...

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epa04873212 US President Barack Obama delivers a speech on the nuclear deal with Iran, at American University’s School of International Service, in Washington DC, USA, 05 August 2015. Obama urged Americans to accept a controversial nuclear deal with Iran in spite of criticism from Republican lawmakers. The speech evoked late US President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 USSR speech at American University during the height of the Cold War. EPA/PETE MAROVICH / POOL

Opinion: When Obama Adopts the Mullahs’ Style

by Amir Taheri | Aug 14, 2015 | Opinion

Those who are sucked into big adversarial situations in history always run a number of risks. However, the biggest risk, I believe, is to have an evil adversary and end up looking, behaving and even thinking like them. If that happens to anyone, they could be sure...