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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...

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2015. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)

Iraq’s PM Abadi facing “mutiny” from within Shi’ite camp: source

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2015 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi is facing a “mutiny” from within Shi’ite circles in the country over his recent crackdown on government corruption, an informed source said on Saturday. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat via telephone, the...

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Yemen’s Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin addresses a plenary meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York, on September 26, 2015. (Reuters/Darren Ornitz)

Yemen FM slams UN Security Council response to country’s crisis

by Heba El Koudsy | Sep 27, 2015 | Middle East

Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin on Saturday criticized the UN Security Council for its response to the crisis that has plunged the country into turmoil for over a year. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat via telephone from New York—where he...

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United States Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the United Nations in New York, on September 26, 2015. (Reuters/Stephanie Keith)

Kerry says sees opportunity for progress on Syria as he meets Zarif

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2015 | Middle East

New York, Washington and Beirut, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—US Secretary of State John Kerry said he saw an opportunity for progress this week towards ending Syria’s four-year conflict, as he met Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the sidelines...

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Muslim pilgrims move towards the Jamarat stations to symbolically stone the devil in Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on 25 September 2015. (EPA/AMEL PAIN)

Opinion: Politicizing the Hajj Stampede

by Salman Al-dossary | Sep 26, 2015 | Opinion

It is a never-ending story. Whenever an emergency occurs during the Hajj season, certain parties blame Saudi Arabia who, nevertheless, continues to give pilgrims top priority. The Kingdom spends about 10 percent of its income on providing services to Mecca and Medina....