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man inspects a damage site after double airstrikes on the rebel held Bab al-Nairab neighborhood in Aleppo on August 27, 2016/ Reuters- Abdalrhman Ismail

The Free Syrian Army Expands West Euphrates thanks to Turkish Support

by Paula Astih | Aug 28, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- The Free Syrian Army (FSA) continued expanding in the area west the Euphrates River on the Turkish borders on Saturday thanks to the international alliance, specifically Turkey. The FSA expanded at the expanse of ISIS and Kurdish forces, while Turkish...

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Turkey’s Battle in Syria

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 28, 2016 | Opinion

Many enemies exist before Turkey, yet the arch enemy slot is saved for Kurds who have long sought to break away from the country in hopes of an independent state. Syrian Kurds allied with their Turkish counterparts are also viewed as chief foes by Turkey. What should...

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Rushing the Development of the Educational System

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 28, 2016 | Opinion

There are no quick fixes, or science-capsules that can be given to students and don’t even expect a renaissance before two generations have vanished. Despite all depressing advices and the warnings of people with good intentions, we must not surrender to them or to...

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PKK Bombs Police Headquarters and Denies Deliberately Targeting Opposition Leader

by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 27, 2016 | World

A car bomb in Cizre, south-east Turkey, has killed 11 people including 8 policemen and injured 78 others. The explosion took place at seven o’clock on Friday morning local time (4am GMT) and caused severe damage to a riot police headquarters. Security sources...

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Colleagues and relatives of dead workers from Kyrgyzstan react as they gather next to the burnt building of a printing plant’s warehouse in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. Russian emergency services say a fire swept through a printing plant’s warehouse in Moscow on Saturday, killing 17 migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Warehouse Fire Kills 17 Kyrgyz Nationals in Moscow

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 27, 2016 | World

A fire in a Moscow printing plant reportedly killed 17 people on Saturday, officials said. A representative of the Kyrgyz diaspora in Russia said all the dead were members of its community. “The incident happened when people were changing shifts at the printing...