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Egypt Seeks Help From French Experts After Failing to Download Plane’s Black Box Data

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 25, 2016 | Middle East

The investigative committee responsible for investigating the EgyptAir plane crash has been unable to download the information held on the doomed plane’s black boxes and this has dashed hopes of reaching an explanation for the crash. Flight MS804 was flying from Paris...

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Fighters from Ansar Dine stand guard during hostage handover in desert outside Timbuktu. French and Malian forces have driven al-Qaeda-linked militants from Gao, Timbuktu, and Kidal, but next step of pursuing them to remote desert and mountain bolt-holes looks like much tougher task. (AP)

Algeria: An Overlong Fight with Qaeda Offshoots

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 25, 2016 | Features

Algeria- Algerian People’s National Armed Forces, (Algeria’s army) has accomplished several and sequential victories over extremist armed groups which have been fought since the wake of Algeria’s war against terrorism in 1993. With sporadic military operations,...

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Taiz: Deceptive Houthis Free “Prisoners” Who Are Actually Citizens

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 25, 2016 | Middle East

Local sources in Taiz revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that rebel militias have made attempts and taken steps to deceive national, regional and international public opinion by circulating a succession of news stories about the release of those they claim to be “prisoners”....

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Smoke rises from villages in the southern rural area of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Rodi Said

SDF Pushes into ISIS Border Hub as Russian Planes Pound Aleppo

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 25, 2016 | Middle East

The Syrian Democratic Forces, U.S.-backed Syrian fighters, pushed further into the ISIS stronghold of Manbij on Saturday, seizing a key road junction and grain silos overlooking the city, a monitoring group said. The city lies close to the border with Turkey and is a...

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Despite Challenges, Major Leap in Saudi Logistics

by Fahd Baqmi | Jun 25, 2016 | Business

Jeddah- Specialized analysts forecast that Saudi logistics will experience a prodigious leap in the upcoming period – the jump is concurrent to the anticipated industrial 20 percent growth in the next five years. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, analysts...