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Syrian Opposition Rule Out Talks Before End of Russian Airstrikes

Syrian Opposition Rule Out Talks Before End of Russian Airstrikes

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 22, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

BEIRUT- The Saudi-backed Syrian opposition ruled out even indirect negotiations with Damascus before steps including a halt to Russian air strikes, contradicting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s insistence that talks will begin next week. With the...

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Five Children Hurt in School Attack in Southeast Turkey

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 22, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

DIYARBAKIR – Five children were hurt on Friday when an explosive ripped through a schoolyard in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, a region gripped by violence between militants and state security forces for months, security sources said. The sources...

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Fears from New Social Outbreak in Tunisia

by AlMunji alSaidani | Jan 22, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Tunisian authorities fear new social outbreak to take place, especially after the demonstrations and strikes that continued for the fifth day in a row and extended to reach half of the country’s states, by the time they actually began in the northern Kasserine region....

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UN Delegation in Taiz to Check Out Humanitarian Crisis

UN Delegation in Taiz to Check Out Humanitarian Crisis

by Arafat Madabish | Jan 22, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Yemen’s National Army Forces and the Popular Resistance in Ma’rib are fighting fierce battles against Houthi militias and the forces of the former Yemeni President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to free Sirwah District and Jebel Hilan, the last stronghold of the...

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Opinion: Muslims! Which Ones?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 22, 2016 | Opinion

The US presidential candidate Donald Trump has built part of his current success on playing on people’s fears of Hispanic and “Muslim terrorist” immigrants. As for the rest of his campaign promises, they are the same as those of rival candidates; the customary issues...