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Footage taken aboard the USS Nitze shows of Islamic Revolutionary Guard vessels. via REUTERS TV

U.S. Navy Ship Fires Warning Shots toward Iranian Vessel

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 25, 2016 | Middle East

A U.S. Navy ship fired three warning shots after an Iranian craft approached and circled two U.S. Navy ships and a Kuwaiti vessel in the northern Gulf on Wednesday, CNN reported on Thursday. It said the U.S. ship fired the shots into the water after the Iranian ship...

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A Turkish tank heads towards the Syria border as Turkey launched operation “Euphrates Shield” aimed at ridding the area of ISIS extremists (AFP Photo/Bulent Kilic)

Turkey Sends More Tanks to Syria, Demands Kurdish Fighters Withdrawal

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 25, 2016 | Middle East

Demanding Kurdish militia to retreat within a week, Turkey sent more tanks into northern Syria on Thursday. The artillery was directed as to secure the border region and drive back ultra-hardline ISIS militants to neighboring Syria. Syrian opposition members backed by...

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French Extremist Kills British Woman and Injures a Man in Australia

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

A 21-year-old British woman, Mia Ayliffe-Chung, was killed and a man was seriously injured when a French citizen stabbed three people whilst shouting “Allahu Akbar” in a hostel in Australia, according to reports. Police are investigating the incident that occurred...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz at the King’s farm, on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 23, 2016. REUTERS/Jacquelyn Martin/Pool

King Salman Receives U.S. Secretary of State Kerry in Jeddah

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 25, 2016 | Middle East

Saudi Arabia’s Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received United States Secretary of State John Kerry and accompanying delegation on Thursday. The King and Kerry’s delegation met at Al-Salam Palace in the Saudi city of Jeddah. Bilateral...

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Medical Situation in Aleppo is Catastrophic and There is a Lack of Personnel

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

An ambulance leaves and another carrying many wounded people arrives. Its doors are quickly opened so that the injured can be taken into the hospital. The injured struggle to catch their breaths and blood covers their bodies and what remains of their torn clothes....