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Prince Mohammed bin Salman kisses Colonel Abdullah Al-Suhyaan’s son. Al-Suhyaan was a commander of the special forces involved in operation “Restoring Hope” (SPA)

“The Martyrs of the Battlefield” – When Patriotism Washes Away the Pain of Loss

by Eman Al-Khattaf | Mar 26, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

“They lived as heroes and died as heroes”. This is an accurate description of the Saudi Arabian soldiers and those from the Gulf who were martyred on the southern border whilst defending their country or fighting in battle to support legitimacy in Yemen. When any Gulf...

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Opinion: Abu Yousef’s Inkwell

by Samir Atallah | Mar 26, 2016 | Opinion

The Egyptian Ministry of Education has promised to reinstate Mohamed ElBaradei’s name to the list of Nobel Prize laureates that appears in the fifth grade primary school curriculum. The ministry itself decided to remove his name from the list and taught Egypt’s...

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A general view taken on March 26, 2016, shows the ancient oasis city of Palmyra, northeast of the capital Damascus, during a military operation by Syrian pro-government forces to retake the ancient city from ISIS.

Ancient Palmyra to be Restored from ISIS – Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 26, 2016 | Middle East

DAMASCUS – Once Syria recaptures the city, Palmyra’s ancient Roman temples and archway, blown up by ISIS militants last year, will be restored from the ultra-hardline group, said the head of the antiquities authority on Saturday. Mamoun Abdelkarim revealed...

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford during a press conference in the Pentagon.

US-Gulf Council to Fight Terrorism

by Heba El Koudsy | Mar 26, 2016 | Middle East, World

Washington, Riyadh- US Secretary of Defense announced in a press conference in the Pentagon that he and his Saudi counterpart, Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammad bin Salman, agreed to convene a U.S.-Gulf Cooperation defense ministerial on April 20 in...

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Abdul Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli is the Financial offIcer in ISIS

Washington Announces the Death of Second Leader in ISIS AND Supervisor of Financial Operations in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 26, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Beirut- Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced on Friday that the US military had killed Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, a high-ranking ISIS leader often known as Hajji Iman. Qaduli was widely described as ISIS’s second-in-command and the commander of the group...