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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...

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CORRECTS SADLER’S SCHOOL TO SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY, INSTEAD OF SACRAMENTO UNIVERSITY – U.S. National Guardsman from Roseburg, Ore., Alek Skarlatos, left, U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, second left, and Anthony Sadler, right, a senior at Sacramento State University in California, leave the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, with U.S. Ambassador to France Jane D. Hartley after being awarded the French Legion of Honor by French President Francois Hollande on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. The three American travelers say they relied on gut instinct and a close bond forged over years of friendship as they took down a heavily armed man on a passenger train speeding through Belgium on Friday, Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Opinion: France train attack could happen again if the world fails to tackle terrorism

by Ali Ibrahim | Aug 25, 2015 | Opinion

There is no convincing explanation to turning a train, a coach or any civilian place crowded with people into a battlefield. While investigations into the motives and intentions of the attack on an Amsterdam-to-Paris train by a Moroccan gunman are in their early...

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In this photo taken on Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, fighters against Shi’ite rebels known as Houthis stand on their armored vehicles on a road leading to Al-Anad base near Aden in the southern province of Lahej, Yemen. (AP Photo/Wael Qubady)

Saudi troops arrive in Aden to secure Yemen’s south: military official

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Aug 25, 2015 | Middle East

Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi troops have arrived in Aden to help Yemen’s internationally recognized government to maintain security in the southern areas they recently liberated from Houthi rebels, a senior Yemeni military official has said. Speaking to Asharq...