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Displaced people (Source: Reuters)

Fallujah the First City Occupied by ISIS…Still in Destruction

by Ma'ad Fayad | Nov 9, 2016 | Middle East

Fallujah – The road from Baghdad to Fallujah has many checkpoints where people’s ID’s are detected, in addition to the place they come from, their destinations, and the reasons behind their visit – however, the press card can answer all these...

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A family eats breakfast outside their hut at a camp for people displaced by the war near Sana’a. Reuters

Yemen: World Bank Approves $400 Million Aid Program

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Nov 9, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh – The World Bank will dedicate a portfolio of $400 million to launch an immediate aid campaign in war-stricken Yemen, a high-ranking Yemeni official told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. Yemeni Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Dr. Mohammed...

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Newly elected Lebanese President Michel Aoun (C) takes an oath after he was elected at the Lebanese parliament in downtown Beirut on October 31, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / JOSEPH EID)

Aoun: Lebanon will not go Backwards, State-Building Needs Economic Stability

by Paula Astih | Nov 9, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut: President Michel Aoun said Tuesday “Lebanon will not go backwards,” and asserted that state-building could not be achieved without the necessary plans and projects. “The country’s local situation witnessed a tangible improvement during the last two...

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Frankenstein a Baghdad Cover

Terrorism in Western, Arabic Novels

by Riyadh Moasas | Nov 9, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Paris – Over the past two decades, literature has deeply reflected the realities of communities in regard of terrorism; as it has been the reflection of every society and the writer’s inspiration source – from which he chose his tools of expression as...

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Militants take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria’s northern Raqqa province in 2014. REUTERS

Raqqa Operation Starts in Weeks, Turkey Stresses Kurdish Forces will not Enter the Town

by Saeed Abdelrazek and Caroline Akoum | Nov 9, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara, Beirut-Ankara announced on Tuesday that an operation to liberate Syria’s Raqqa from ISIS will start in the coming weeks, asking for guarantees to prevent the “wrong groups” from participating in the offensive, in a reference to the U.S.-backed Syrian...