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Afghan security forces conduct security checks in Kunduz. AFP

Afghan Forces Retake Khan Abad District from Taliban

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 22, 2016 | World

Kunduz-Afghan forces have recaptured a district near Kunduz city that had fallen briefly to the Taliban, officials and residents said Sunday, after thousands of people fled their homes in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz province. Khan Abad district, which is...

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Ambulances arrive at site of an explosion on August 20, 2016 in Gaziantep following a late night militant attack on a wedding party in southeastern Turkey. AFP

Gaziantep: ISIS Logistic Base in Turkey

by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 22, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara-Gaziantep is known as the ISIS stronghold due to its proximity to the Syrian border and easy access. The city in southern Turkey witnessed another suicide attack on Saturday that left 51 civilians dead and many others injured. According to the public...

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A prison guard locks a door in Britain. Reuters

Three-way Plan to Combat Extremism in British Prisons

by Najlaa Habriri | Aug 22, 2016 | World

London-Few days after hate preacher Anjem Choudary was convicted of swearing allegiance to ISIS, the British government unveiled new plans to hold influential hate preachers in separate prison units in the framework of a general reform for the system of prisons....

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Soldiers stand by a mass grave containing the bodies of those killed in the Speicher massacre. Reuters

Iraq Hangs 36 over Speicher Massacre

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 22, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- Justice Minister Haidar al-Zamili told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the trial of Speicher massacre suspects was completed although what happened was clear and defendants already admitted their involvement. Zamili said: “The Ministry of Justice implemented...

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A Lebanese banker counts US dollars at BLOM Bank’s head office in Beirut October 22, 2008. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

How to Avert America’s Brexit

by Glenn Hutchins | Aug 22, 2016 | Opinion

This year’s startling election poses a real risk of touching off an American Brexit. In other words, there is a meaningful chance that 2016 could begin a retreat of the United States from the mix of economic policies and the global engagement that U.S. businesses have...