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This file photo taken on April 12, 2016 shows a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft flying over the USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, operating in the Baltic Sea.

Russian Jet Flew near Coalition Plane over Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 28, 2016 | World

A Russian fighter jet flew so close in front of an aircraft of the U.S.-led coalition over Syria this month that the plane felt the jet’s wake, a U.S. coalition spokesman said on Friday. On Oct. 17 the Russian jet passed within about half a mile of the larger...

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Yemeni Army Makes Advances in Hifan and Assilw

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 28, 2016 | Middle East

There has been an increase in violent confrontations on different battlefronts in the province of Taiz between legitimate forces and rebel militias, and the army has made new progress. Violent confrontations took place on fronts in the countryside of Taiz, Hifan and...

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Americans Target Two Al-Qaeda Leaders in Afghanistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 28, 2016 | World

US officials yesterday said that Al-Qaeda officials who were planning attacks in the west and in Afghanistan were targeted by a drone strike in the biggest operation against the organisation in a long time. Several rockets were launched during the operation which...

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Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud . (photo credit:REUTERS)

Prince Turki al-Faisal: Some Want to Use JASTA to Destroy U.S.-Saudi Relations

by Heba al-Qodsi and Maaz alAmri and Safana Zini | Oct 28, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Washington – Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, advised the next U.S. President to adopt a new policy and strategy in the Middle East based on a strong leadership. Prince Faisal warned Washington there...

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UNICEF Condemns Deadliest Attack on School Since War in Syria Began

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 28, 2016 | Middle East

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced that the number of people who were killed in air raids on schools in the province of Idlib, northwest Syria, has increased to 22 children and six teachers. The raids were severely condemned by UNICEF and...