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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)
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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
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...Caption:
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
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....Caption:
A picture made available on September 14, 2015 shows Saudi-led coalition military vehicles driving through rocky terrain during the offensive against Houthis, on September 13, 2015. (EPA/STR)
Operation to liberate central Yemeni province from Houthis begins
Sana’a and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—A joint military operation to liberate the central Yemeni province of Ma’rib from Houthi rebels began at dawn on Sunday, according to Yemeni military sources. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, the sources said forces from the Yemeni army...Caption:
Women walk past a banner depicting the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on November 17, 2013 in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh during a parade marking the 13th day of Ashura that commemorates the 7th-century killing of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images)