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Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh speaks during ACI Lebanon Golden Jubilee Grand Celebration, in Beirut September 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon Central Bank Monitors Compliance with anti-Hezbollah Law

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 21, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Lebanon’s central bank chief Riad Salameh has said that he will ensure local banks comply with a U.S. law targeting the so-called Hezbollah’s finances. Salameh said the U.S. law must be enforced to keep Lebanon’s banks within the global...

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A Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter walks in the silos and mills of Manbij after the SDF took control of it, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, July 1, 2016. REUTERS/Rodi Said

Syrian Opposition Calls for Suspension of U.S.-led Air Strikes

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 21, 2016 | Middle East

The head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition called for a suspension of the U.S.-led air campaign against ISIS terrorist organization in Syria while reports of dozens of civilian deaths from air strikes around the northern city of Manbij are investigated. The...

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The pattern of brain activation (red, yellow) and deactivation (blue, green) in the left hemisphere when listening to stories while in the MRI scanner is pictured in this undated handout image. Neuroscientists have devised the most comprehensive map ever made of the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain responsible for higher cognitive functions like abstract thought, language and memory. Matthew F. Glasser, David C. Van Essen/Handout via REUTERS

New Map Outlays Brain’s Cerebral Cortex

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 20, 2016 | Technology

Neuroscientists acting as cartographers of the human mind devised the most comprehensive map ever made of the cerebral cortex- which is the part of the brain responsible for higher cognitive functions such as abstract thought, language and memory. Using MRI images...

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Iraqi security forces wait for vehicles travelling to Mosul to fight against militants of ISIS at an Iraqi army base in Camp Taji in Baghdad, February 21, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad/File Photo

Kerry Warns of Rising Challenges in Securing Iraq Post ISIS Riddance

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 20, 2016 | Middle East

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in an announcement made on Wednesday, said that the battlefield momentum in Iraq and Syria has shifted against ISIS but the international community must now also confront the challenge of stabilizing newly liberated areas....

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Dozens Killed in International Coalition Airstrikes on Manbij

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 20, 2016 | Middle East

A day after the first massacre that took place in the Al-Hazawiya neighbourhood in Manbij, the Aleppo countryside, airstrikes led by the international coalition have killed dozens of people and injured others in Tokhar, according to the Syrian National Coalition and...