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Israel-Turkey reconciliation deal may be concluded on June 26, Turkish officials confirm

Possible Turkey-Israel Reconciliation Deal

by Nazir Majli | Jun 23, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv-News circulated in Ankara and Tel Aviv on Wednesday revealed details on a draft of a reconciliation deal between Turkey and Israel and the arrival of an official delegation from Turkish Red Crescent to Israel. Families of the three Israeli soldiers, who are...

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Iraqi Soldiers raise ISIS’ flag, indicating the terrorist organization’s defeat in Fallujah, A.F.P

ISIS’ Defeat in Syria Could Denote Qaeda’s Return

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 23, 2016 | Middle East

Paris- Many analysts believe that ISIS’ potentially close defeat in Syria could translate into al Qaeda’s offshoot, al-Nusra Front, taking the battlefield lead once again. Jean-Pierre Filiu, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Sciences Po in Paris, warned of the...

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OPEC Strategy Records Lowest Revenue in a Decade

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 23, 2016 | Business

Khobar- The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) revealed in its annual report member countries registering in 2015 the lowest revenue rates since 2005. The report, issued on Wednesday, confirms figures previously circulated by the U.S. Energy...

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Fighters from Syria’s Manbij military council sit on June 15, 2016 in the back of a pickup truck on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of Manbij. AFP

Syrian Democratic Forces Clash with ISIS inside Manbij

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

The Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S.-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, pushed Thursday into ISIS’ bastion city of Manbij where they fought the militants, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said heavy clashes were taking place...

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U.S. Panel Approves First Test of CRISPR Editing in Humans

by Laurie McGinley | Jun 23, 2016 | Health

The Washington Post By Laurie McGinley A National Institutes of Health advisory panel has approved the first human use of the gene-editing technology CRISPR, for a study designed to target three types of cancer and funded by tech billionaire Sean Parker’s new...