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Nadia Murad meets with the Greek President in Athens on 30 December, 2015 Reuters

Nadia Murad: U.N. Ambassador who Escaped ISIS

by Dalshad Abdullah | Sep 18, 2016 | Middle East

Erbil – The Iraqi Yazidi young woman who escaped ISIS, Nadia Murad, didn’t know that she and her entire village were going to be sex slaves for ISIS terrorists after it took over Mosul in June 2014. Murad, 23-year-old, lived with her family in the village of Kocho...

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Tunisian protesters clash with security forces in the central town of Kasserine on January 21, 2016. ©AFP

Tunisia Extends State of Emergency

by Al-munji al-Saaidani | Sep 18, 2016 | Middle East

Tunisia – Tunisia announced on Saturday that a state of emergency, in force since a deadly attack on the presidential guard last November, will be extended by one month. The announcement was made hours after PM Yousef al-Shahid declared the exemption of duties of...

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Soldiers prepare to take positions outside the Bacha Khan university. Militants, using the cover of thick, wintry fog, scaled the walls of the varsity. — Reuters

Saudi Arabia Strongly Condemns Terrorist Attack in Pakistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2016 | World

Peshawar and Jeddah – Saudi Arabia strongly condemned a suicide blast at a mosque in northwest Pakistan that killed and wounded dozens of people. The kingdom offered its condolences to the families of the victims and Pakistani government. Saudi Arabia firmly...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, September 5, 2016. Sputnik/Kremlin/Alexei Druzhinin/via REUTERS

U.S.-led Jets Kill Dozens of Syrian Soldiers

by Heba al-Qodsi and Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut, Washington- Dozens of regime forces soldiers were killed in the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes that struck Syrian military bases in Deir el-Zour. The U.S. Central Command issued a statement stating that “the airstrike was halted immediately when coalition...

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Palestinian Hamas supporters gather for a rally in Gaza City, August 7, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

U.S. State Department Designates Senior Hamas Official as Global Terrorist

by Kafah Zaboun | Sep 18, 2016 | Middle East

Ramallah – Hamas Movement condemned on Saturday a recent decision by the U.S. State Department to designate senior Hamas official Fathi Hammad as Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), while Hammad laid little importance on this issue, noting that such decision...