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Residents inspect a damaged site after an airstrike on Aleppo’s rebel held Al-Mashad neighbourhood, Syria July 26, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Aleppo Opposition Fighters Outgunned but Confident

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 14, 2016 | Middle East

A Syrian Opposition senior commander said on Friday that Syrian regime forces would never be able to capture Aleppo’s opposition-held east. Russian air strikes were proving of little help to regime ground forces in urban warfare, the deputy commander of the...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) poses with China’s deputy minister for environmental protection Zhai Qing before a birateral meeting on the sidelines of the 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Kigali on October 14, 2016, Reuters

Kerry Holds Consultations on Cutting HFC Greenhouse Gases

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 14, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture, World

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Kerry announced on Friday that he has been consulting with officials from China, India and Pakistan on the sidelines of a meeting in Rwanda in hopes of striking a deal among 150 nations on ways to phase down factory-made...

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Arab Coalition Destroys New Houthi Sites Near Saada

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 14, 2016 | Middle East

The Arab coalition carried out a series of air strikes on positions belonging to the Houthis and military forces loyal to the former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in the governorate of Saada. According to the German news agency DPA, Popular Resistance sources...

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A helicopter flies past a Pakistan’s national flag in the premises of parliament house during the Revolution March in Islamabad September 2, 2014. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Pakistan Warns Media on Publishing Reports against National Interests

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 14, 2016 | Middle East, World

Pakistan sent out a serious warning on Friday for media outlets which publish reports against the national interest. Despite the strict prohibition on press freedom of speech, Pakistan still lifted a travel ban previously imposed on a prominent journalist over an...

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El-Sisi: No One Can Come Between Egypt and its Arab Brothers

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Oct 14, 2016 | Middle East

The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said yesterday that “No one can interfere in the close and historic relationship between Egypt and its Arab brothers” and noted that his country “has an independent policy based on maintaining Arab national security through...