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A woman, who survived an airstrike, sits amid the damage in the rebel held area of Old Aleppo.

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Erdogan: Truce in Syria Can Be Extended If Well Implemented

by Said Abdul Razzak | Sep 13, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that a 48-hour ceasefire in Syria can be extended by a week and then again for a further period, if it is well implemented by all the concerned parties. He also announced that his country was aiming to...

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A drilling rig is pictured at a well pad of the Rosneft-owned Prirazlomnoye oil field outside the West Siberian city of Nefteyugansk, Russia, August 4, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

OPEC Predicts Hike in 2017 Surplus

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 13, 2016 | Business

Demand for crude from the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will average 32.48 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2017, OPEC said in a monthly report on Monday. That is down from the previous forecast of 33.01 million bpd. OPEC itself kept output near a...

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A general view shows an oil refinery in Zawia, west of Tripoli, December 18, 2013. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny/File Photo

Libyan National Army Seizes Oil Crescent Region

by Khalid Mahmoud | Sep 13, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo- Italy hinted on Monday that it might send military forces to Libya, hours after the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced seizing the oil crescent region with no losses. The U.N.-backed unity government in Libya considered this step an escalation in the Libyan...

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Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers at Feroz Shah Kotla fort in Delhi, September 13, 2016. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

Indian Muslims Replace Eid Sacrifices with Fish, Eggs

by Prakriiti Gupta | Sep 13, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

New Delhi- Qadiri family in New Delhi took a decision not to eat any meat during Eid al-Adha this year. Qraishy family as well decided to replace meat with fish and eggs during the Eid. Just like these two families, many other Muslims in India especially in the...

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Syria’s Pilgrims: From the Sounds of Missiles to the Peace Square in the Holy Sites

by Ibrahim al Qurashi | Sep 13, 2016 | Middle East

Holy Site of Mina- Damascus residents performing Hajj this year had arrived to the Peace Square in the Holy Sites leaving behind the woes of the Syrian war, the sounds of the missiles and the smell of death that kept chasing them. The miseries of pain, grief and...