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Nigerian special forces prepare to fight Boko Haram in Diffa on March 26, 2015. Reuters

U.S. General: Boko Haram Fracturing over ISIS Ties

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 23, 2016 | World

A senior U.S. general has said that Nigerian militants Boko Haram have fractured internally, with a big group splitting away from shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau over his failure to adhere to guidance from the Iraq- and Syria-based ISIS. Marine Lieutenant General...

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Shi’ite Cleric Isa Qasim

‘Iranian Chaos’ in Bahrain

by Salman Al-dossary | Jun 23, 2016 | Opinion

While ink is still wet on the order stripping Shi’ite cleric Isa Qasim of citizenship, Iran rushed into proving Bahrain’s sovereign decision right. At first, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs fiercely defended Qasim and condemned the “arbitrary” decision, after...

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U.S. Court Convicts Two of Conspiring to Join ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 23, 2016 | World

Los Angeles-A U.S. court has convicted two men of attempting to help ISIS in Iraq and Syria and could be sentenced to long years in prison, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. A jury found Nader Elhuzayel and Muhanad Badawi, both 25, guilty of conspiring...

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Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Javad Zarif

Zarif in Paris … Common Desire to Speed up Normalization

by Michel Abu Najm | Jun 23, 2016 | World

Paris-In his third European tour since the signature of the nuclear deal between Tehran and the P5+1 in July 2015, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Javad Zarif arrived in Paris on Tuesday before heading to the Netherlands. Zarif visited France after...

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A young woman in traditional islamic cloth niqab- REUTERS

Two French Books Discuss Women in Islam, Quran

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

Rabat-“Woman in Quran” and “20 Questions and Answers on Islam and Women from a reformist vision” are two new books written by the Moroccan writer Asma Lamrabet and published by Kube Publishing in U.K. and Emryss Publishing in Netherland. In her book “Woman in Quran,”...