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Iraqis shop in a Baghdad market back in September. Karim Kadim/AP

Baghdad: $14 Billion to Rebuild Infrastructure in Liberated Areas

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad–The government of Iraq will need around $14 billion to rebuild the country’s basic infrastructure and services in areas liberated from ISIS, an Iraqi official said on Monday. Abdul Baset Turki, the head of the Reconstruction Fund for Areas Affected by...

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U.S. based cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller

U.S. States Increasing Pressure on Network of Gulen Schools

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2016 | Features

Washington- A network of more than 150 U.S. charter schools linked to followers of Fethullah Gulen, the Pennsylvania-based cleric the Turkish government blames for instigating July’s failed coup, has come under growing financial and legal strain, according to...

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Arsène Wenger – Reuters

Arsène Wenger’s Gift Arrives Wrapped in a Majestic Arsenal First Half

by Barney Ronay | Sep 27, 2016 | Sports

Close your eyes, Arsène. Now … Open them. Happy 20th anniversary! Yes, that’s right. It’s exactly what you’ve always wanted. For one perfect half at the Emirates Arsenal produced something sublime, 45 minutes that contained pretty much the full set of Wenger-isms...

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Right – HE Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Bahraini FM.

Bahrain FM: Iran Seeking to Jeopardize our Security

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2016 | Middle East

New York – Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa has stressed in the speech he delivered at the 71st U.N. General Assembly session that Iran is holding onto its attempts to jeopardize his country’s security and social peace,...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (photo credit: Sergei Karpukhin/AP)

Moscow Resorts to Iran’s Military Choice following Clash with Washington

by Taha Abed alWahed | Sep 27, 2016 | World

Moscow – Moscow insisted on blaming the United States and the Syrian opposition parties of failing to abide by the U.S.-Russian agreement, following a tense U.N. Security Council session on Syria, which saw direct accusations against Russia and the Syrian regime for...