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In this February 7, 2012 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (L) meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Syrian capital Damascus. (AFP Photo)

Opinion: Resolving the Syrian Dilemma

by Ali Ibrahim | Sep 15, 2015 | Opinion

Few would have expected the Syrian crisis to continue into a fifth year, when it has now become an open arena for extremist organizations while at the same time becoming the scene of a proxy war between the United States and Russia. Both have been indirectly involved...

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Members of the Popular Mobilization units hold a position in the Al-Hayakel area on the eastern outskirts of Fallujah during a military operation conducted with government forces against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group militants on September 10, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI)

US seeking to boost role of Iraq’s Sunni tribes in anti-ISIS campaign: Anbar sources

by Manaf Al-Obaidi | Sep 15, 2015 | Middle East

Anbar, Asharq Al-Awsat—The United States is seeking to give Anbar tribes a greater military role in the fight against the Islamic States of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) whose fighters seized much of the western province in early 2014, an informed tribal source has said....

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Palestinian paramedics carry a woman after Israeli security forces fired teargas and pepper spray in a street of the Muslim quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City during scuffles with Israeli riot police on September 15, 2015, as Palestinians and Israeli police clashed at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound for a third straight day. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharbali)

Israeli police storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for third straight day

by Nazir Majli | Sep 15, 2015 | Middle East

Tel Aviv, Asharq Al-Awsat—Israeli police attacked Palestinian protesters at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Tuesday for the third day in a row, in what the mosque’s media spokesman Firas Al-Dabs said was “the most violent day” at the site since...

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In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, left, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after talks in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Pool, File)

Russia positioning tanks at Syria airfield: US officials

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

Washington, Reuters—Russia has positioned about a half dozen tanks at an airfield at the center of a military buildup in Syria, two US officials said on Monday, adding that the intentions of Moscow’s latest deployment of heavy military equipment were unclear....