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Iraq’s Shi’ite paramilitaries and members of Iraqi security forces gather at North of Fallujah in province of Anbar, July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

Anbar Conference Calls for Forming Tribal Forces

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jul 25, 2016 | Middle East

Erbil-Sheikhs of Arab tribes in Anbar province have called on the local government in Anbar province, the federal government in Baghdad and the international coalition troops to play an effective role in liberating the western regions of the province. During a...

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The Syrian war erupted in 2011 and has clamed more than 270,000 lives (AFP Photo/Karam Al-Masri)

Russian Air Force, Syrian Regime Bomb 4 Hospitals in Aleppo

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

London – The Syrian government carried out overnight four air strikes overnight on hospitals and a blood bank in Aleppo putting them out of service, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported. According to Reuters, three of the bombed hospitals are in...

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Special force police officers stand guard at an entrance of the main train station, following a shooting rampage at the Olympia shopping mall in Munich. Reuters/Michael Dalder

Tehran Cross with Western Media for Underlining Munich Attacker’s Iranian Origins

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 25, 2016 | World

London- Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday considered that Arab media circulating the information concerning the dual German-Iranian national, who is the perpetrator of the recent Munich shooting, is based on false allegations as an attempt to mar Iran’s reputation....

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Turkish Consul General in Jeddah Fikret Ozer

Fikret Özer: ‘Gülen’s Followers Took Control Over 40 Percent of Turkish Army’

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | Jul 25, 2016 | Middle East

Jeddah- Turkish Consul General in Jeddah Fikret Özer revealed in a press conference on Sunday the primary results of the investigations on the foiled coup attempt that was carried out on July 15. Özer indicated that the security forces have figured out how Fethullah...

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People inspect the site of a suicide car bomb in the Karrada shopping area, in Baghdad, Iraq.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Kadhimiya Blast

by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 25, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- The Fiqh Council of Iraq (al-Majma al Faqahi al-Iraqi), the highest Sunni authority in Iraq, denounced the blast that targeted the Shi’ite district of Kadhimiya. ISIS claimed responsibility for the blast that resulted in 27 casualties. Amaq, a news...