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Ministry of Interior. Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Ministry of Interior Fights Extremism with Cartoon Competition

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 23, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Promoting security efforts spent on rooting out extremist ideology, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia launched a cartoon competition offered to counter extremism. The Interior Ministry of Saudi Arabia officially kicked off the cartoon contest headlined “Cartoons...

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U.S.-led Liberation of Raqqa is Imminent and Will Exclude the Regime

by Nazeer Rida | May 23, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The battle to liberate Raqqa, ISIS’ stronghold in Syria, is “imminent” after an amendment to the military plan was approved during a short visit made by head of U.S. central command Army Gen Joseph Votel to Syria on Saturday, informed Syrian sources confirmed...

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Shi’ite fighters fire a rocket toward ISIS militants on the outskirts of Fallujah, west of Baghdad. REUTERS/Stringer

Iraqi Forces Battle ISIS South of Fallujah

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 23, 2016 | Middle East

Iraqi forces clashed with ISIS militants near Fallujah on Monday, pushing them from some agricultural areas outside the city at the start of a military offensive aimed at freeing it from the terrorist group. Police 1st Lt. Ahmed Mahdi Salih said Monday that the ground...

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds a joint news conference with UN-Arab League Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (not pictured) in Montreux January 22, 2014. Syria’s government and its enemies come face to face on Wednesday for the first time as world powers try to set aside their own differences and push for an end to three years of civil war that is unsettling the entire Middle East. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (SWITZERLAND – Tags: POLITICS)

U.N. Chief Calls for Shaping Different Future at Humanitarian Summit

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 23, 2016 | World

Outgoing U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on government and business leaders, aid groups and donors to commit to halving the number of displaced civilians by 2030. “We are here to shape a different future,” Ban said in a speech at the start of a...

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U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang after an arrival ceremony at the presidential palace in Hanoi, Vietnam May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

U.S. Lifts Decade-Old Arms Embargo on Old Foe Vietnam

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 23, 2016 | World

U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Monday during his first visit to Vietnam that Washington will fully lift a half-century-old embargo on sales of lethal arms to the communist country, underlining warming relations between the former foes amid rising tensions...