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Italy to Let Anti-ISIS Drones Depart from Sicily

Italy to Let Anti-ISIS Drones Depart from Sicily

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 23, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Tuesday that Italy has agreed to allow armed U.S. drones to fly out of an air base in Sicily on a case-by-case basis for defensive missions against ISIS militants in Libya and other countries in North Africa where the extremist...

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Syrian opposition fighters examine a shell that landed in the northern countryside of Daraa and Quneitra yesterday (Reuters)

US Department of State to Asharq Al-Awsat: The Syrian Truce is a Step Towards Political Transition

by Heba El Koudsy | Feb 23, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

While the US Secretary of State John Kerry announced yesterday that Washington and Moscow have agreed on a plan for a ceasefire in Syria starting at midnight on Friday with the exception of bombing ISIS and the Al-Nusra Front, an official at the US State Department...

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Vienna Ranked World’s Nicest City and Baghdad Worst

Vienna Ranked World’s Nicest City and Baghdad Worst

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 23, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Vienna, Austria’s grand capital on the Danube River, offers the highest quality of life of all cities in the world; Baghdad is the worst, and London, Paris and New York do not even pull off into the top 35, according to international research into quality of...