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A woman holds a copy of the Bugün newspaper with the headline “Operation against the media is the end of democracy” as they protest while police search the premises of Koza İpek Holding which owns the newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, September 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkish police raid offices of opposition newspaper

by Thair Abbas | Sep 2, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish police conducted raids on the offices of the opposition newspaper Bugün in Ankara on Tuesday, amid fears the government is cracking down on dissent before elections on November 1. A Turkish government source told Asharq Al-Awsat the...

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Lebanese protesters carry a placard while chanting slogans outside the Environment Ministry in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on September 1, 2015. (EPA/Nabil Mounzer)

Opinion: The Return of the State

by Ali Ibrahim | Sep 2, 2015 | Opinion

From Egypt to Lebanon and Iraq, we are seeing a resurgence in street mobilization. Each of the protest movements in these countries are calling for the state to once again fulfill its proper role, after people have suffered as a result of politicians’ attempts to turn...

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A handout photo released by the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA on August 13, 2015 shows Kuwaiti police standing next to seized weapons in the capital Kuwait City. (AFP Photo/HO/KUNA)

Kuwait charges 26 suspects over arms cache, alleges Iran link

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 2, 2015 | Middle East

Kuwait, Reuters—Kuwait has charged 26 people with possessing weapons and having contacts with Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah group in order to plot attacks against the Gulf state. The case relates to the seizure of an arms cache in Kuwait last month which local...