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Zahran Alloush

Zahran Alloush Killed in Aerial Airstrike

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 25, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

Zahran Alloush, the head of Jaysh al Islam, one of the most powerful rebel groups fighting in the suburbs of Damascus, was killed in an aerial raid that targeted his group’s headquarters. . They said a secret headquarters of the group, which is the largest rebel...

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Iran Moves its Troops into Iraq and Away from Syria

by Manaf Al-Obaidi | Dec 25, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

Well informed political sources revealed that Iran withdrew Revolutionary Guard units in Syria, moving them to Iraq after Russian- Iranian dispute escalated in Syria. An Iraqi political source, who requested anonymity, told Asharq Al-Awsat that Russia wants the Syrian...

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Saudi Authorities Investigate Jazan’s Hospital Fire

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Dec 25, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

Saudi authorities have begun investigating a fire that hit Jazan General Hospital in southern Saudi Arabia and led to the death of at least 24 people and left 141 injured. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques received condolences from many leaders of Gulf and Arab...

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Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa

Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs: Two Paths for the Islamic Coalition’s Work

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Dec 25, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa participated in the Arab League Council’s ministerial-level meeting during an extraordinary session held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League in Cairo. He stated that the...

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Washington Sought Military Coup on Assad’s Regime in 2011

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 25, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

In order to limit violence in Syria and explore ways to encourage a military coup, former and current US officials have revealed that the United States made secret calls with members of President Bashar Assad’s government at the beginning of the Syrian civil war in...