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35th GCC Summit. SPA

Gulf States Discuss Formation of Coordinating Body for Joint Charity

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 7, 2016 | Business

Riyadh – Gulf ministers are to discuss GCC strategy in areas of labor and social development, conditions of foreign workers in GCC countries and a suggestion to form a coordinating body for joint charity work. These will be discussed during the 33rd session of...

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Hicham Chaib, ISIS chief executioner. Getty Images

New Website for Belgium’s Most Wanted Fugitives

by Abdullah Mustafa | Nov 7, 2016 | World

Brussels- Federal Justice Minister Koen Geens launched the new website, Belgium’s most wanted, a list of 20 convicted fugitives currently sought by the federal police’s Fugitive Active Search Team (FAST). The aim of the website is to capture the criminals faster...

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A tank of Iraqi security forces is seen during a battle with ISIS militants in Ali Rash, southeast of Mosul, Iraq November 5, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudaini

ISIS Sleeper Cells Awake in Several Iraqi Areas

by Hamza Mustafa | Nov 7, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad – Many of ISIS’ sleeper cells have risen in retaliation to the losses in Mosul and other areas. Two days after the Iraqi Ministry of Interior thwarted an ISIS attack, ISIS responded with a series of booby-trapped cars and terrorists attacks in Baghdad, Tikrit,...

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Bahrain: Wefaq Chief Ali Salman’s Appeal Reopens

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Nov 7, 2016 | Middle East

Manama- An appeals court in Bahrain set up the retrial of Shiite opposition chief Ali Salman on Sunday. Salman was sentenced to nine years in prison for inciting sectarian strife. The head of the now-banned Al-Wefaq group attended the hearing in Manama but refused to...

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Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commanders attend a news conference in Ain Issa, Raqqa Governorate, Syria November 6, 2016. REUTERS/Rodi Said

U.S.-Backed Operation ‘Wrath of the Euphrates’ Begins to Liberate Raqqa from ISIS

by Nazeer Rida | Nov 7, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched on Sunday an operation dubbed “Wrath of the Euphrates” to seize the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria. Turkish sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the decision to launch this battle was taken two weeks ago in...