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An Arab Awakening in a Moment of Necessity

by Fouad Matar | Jan 13, 2016 | Opinion

This is what took place on the grounds of the Arab League on Sunday the 10th January 2016 – the Arab awakening if we may call it, and long overdue it was. However, in the end it took place during a moment of necessity to ward off the possibilities of harm. As a result...

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Merkel Coalition Partners Want Faster Asylum Process

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 13, 2016 | World

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition partners proposed fast-tracking asylum applications by Moroccans and Algerians to enable quicker deportations if they are rejected, following sexual attacks on women blamed on migrants. Reuters cited...

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Europe Turns to Morocco in Paris Attacks Investigation

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 13, 2016 | World

AIT OURIR – A few weeks before she was killed in a raid by French special forces beside the suspected ringleader of last November’s Paris attacks, Hasna Ait Boulahcen packed her bags and said her last farewells to relatives in Morocco. The 26-year-old...

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France Dissolves Radical Muslim Groups

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 13, 2016 | World

PARIS – The French government on Wednesday banned three religious groups linked to a mosque in the east of Paris that was closed in December for being at the heart of a jihadist recruitment network, Reuters quoted Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve as saying....

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A large group of migrants, mainly from Syria, walk towards the north on a highway in Denmark September 7, 2015. REUTERS/Bax Lindhardt/Scanpix Denmark

Denmark to Extend Controls at Borders

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 13, 2016 | World

COPENHAGEN – Denmark will extend temporary controls at its border with Germany by 20 days to Feb. 3 because it wants to guard against potentially large numbers of migrants trying to enter the country, Reuters reported citing the Danish Immigration Ministry. EU...