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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter

U.S. to Send More Troops to Iraq Ahead of Mosul Offensive

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 11, 2016 | Middle East

Stepping up its military campaign against ISIS, the United States will be sending hundreds more troops to assist Iraqi forces in a highly anticipated push on the city of Mosul, the ISIS’ largest stronghold, later this year. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made...

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President of Gulfstream Aerospace, Mark Burns (2nd L) and Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Airways, Akbar Al Baker (2nd R) pose for a photograph after a press conference on the opening day of the Farnborough Airshow, south west of London, on July 11, 2016. The event, held every two years southwest of London, traditionally sees US titan Boeing and Europe’s Airbus compete as they unveil their latest multi-billion-dollar order, A.F.P

Qatar Airways Holds Advanced Talks for 25-30 Boeing Planes

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 11, 2016 | Business

Qatar Airways is in advanced talks with Boeing to buy up to 30 narrow-body planes and will not rule out additional cancellations of delayed deliveries from rival Airbus, the airline’s chief executive said on Monday. Qatar earlier this year cancelled its first...

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The UN Security Council condemned the fighting that erupted in Juba, the worst violence since a peace deal was signed in 2015 and forming the national unity government in April this year, E.P.A

U.N. Chief Calls for Arms Embargo, Sanctions on South Sudan

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 11, 2016 | World

Following previous warnings of enforcing punitive measures should renewed battles surging in South Sudan fail to be contained, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council on Monday to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan, sanction leaders and...

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Lebanese army soldiers patrol near the site where suicide bomb attacks took place in the Christian village of Qaa, in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah

Lebanon’s Qaa Explosions Egging on Sectarian Strife

by Mona Alami | Jul 11, 2016 | Features

Beirut- Earlier last week a series of eight suicide attacks shocked the Christian Qaa diminutive village located far in the northeast area of the Bekka governorate, Lebanon. The village lies proximate to borderlines with Syria. As any other action, a countering...

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A damaged mosque is seen amidst destroyed vehicles and other debris in Tikrit, Iraq, April 1, 2015. The Iraqi government claimed victory over Islamic State insurgents in Tikrit on Wednesday after a month-long battle for the city supported by Shi’ite militiamen and U.S.-led air strikes, saying that only small pockets of resistance remained.

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ISIS Loses Sunnite Base in Western Provinces

by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 11, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad-After kicking out Al-Qaeda from Al Anbar, west of Iraq in 2007, and forming Iraqi Sahwa forces no one from the Iraqi political figures expected a new version of this organization be born after years. Yet, this time the purpose was not to expand in Al Anbar...