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A handout picture released by the official website of the Center for Preserving and Publishing the Works of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows him delivering a speech in Tehran on September 27, 2015, during which he demanded Saudi Arabia apologize for a stampede that killed nearly 770 pilgrims at the Hajj, at least 144 of them Iranians. (AFP Photo/HO/Khamenei.ir)

Iranian officials slam Tehran’s “political point-scoring” over Hajj tragedy

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2015 | Middle East

Ahvaz, Asharq Al-Awsat—Several Iranian officials have criticized Tehran’s response to last week’s Hajj stampede that killed 769 pilgrims, with some claiming Iran is attempting to score “political points” by blaming Saudi authorities for the tragedy. Iran’s Supreme...

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Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who returned recently to his country after a nearly six-month exile, looks on during a meeting in the southern city of Aden on September 27, 2015. (AFP Photo/Ahmed Farwan)

Yemen’s president to address UN General Assembly on Tuesday

by Heba El Koudsy | Sep 28, 2015 | Middle East

New York, Aden and Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi will address the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, according to Yemeni government sources. The sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday that Hadi will speak regarding the crisis in Yemen...

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A general views shows Egyptians visiting Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo’s Islamic quarter during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on June 22, 2015. Al-Azhar mosque, which was developed into one of the oldest Islamic universities, pays special attention to the Koranic sciences and traditions of the Islamic prophet Mohammed and all the modern fields […]

Opinion: Moderate Islam is the solution

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 28, 2015 | Opinion

Islam is being associated with the evil we witness around us. People in areas controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are forced to flee and seek refuge from this evil that has befallen them. Islam has been hijacked by an evil group that speaks in the...

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In this photo released on April 25, 2015 by a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, young boys known as the “lion cubs” hold rifles and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) flags as they exercise at a training camp in Tal Afar, near Mosul, northern Iraq. (Militant website via AP, File)

Iraq to share intelligence on ISIS with Russia, Iran and Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, AP/Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq will begin sharing “security and intelligence” information with Russia, Syria, and Iran to help combat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Iraqi military said on Sunday. A statement issued by the Joint...