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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu addresses the media in Ankara. Reuters

Cavusoglu Says Manbij Strategically Important for Turkey

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Nov 10, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara, Beirut-Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu stated on Tuesday that nearly 200 fighters from the PKK-affiliated People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Democratic Union Party (PYD) have yet to withdraw east of the Euphrates in Syria as he urged the...

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Former foreign minister and presidential candidate Amr Moussa speaks during an interview with Reuters in Cairo March 11, 2014. Egyptian leaders should leave the door open for the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to re-enter politics if the group accepts the constitution, Moussa said in a rare call for reconciliation. To match Interview EGYPT-MOUSSA/ REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih(EGYPT – Tags: POLITICS)

Amr Moussa Rejects Iran Saying It Controls Decision-Making in 4 Arab Capitals

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Nov 10, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo- Former Secretary-General of the Arab League Amr Moussa belittled the effect of presidential elections in the U.S. on the Arabs. “There hasn’t been any radical changes in the U.S. presidents’ policies since the end of World War II”, Moussa told Asharq-al-Awsat....

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Destroyed Hamadaniya City (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Hamadaniya City: Empty and Deserted

by Dalshad Abdullah, Asharq Al Awsat | Nov 10, 2016 | Middle East

Hamadaniya and London – Peshmerga Forces liberated on Wednesday the Bashiqa strategic town from ISIS control, but warned civilians of a hasty return to the town given that houses and roads might be booby-trapped. Earlier in October, Iraqi army and counter terrorism...

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People walk towards the last checkpoint, which is controlled by Syrian regime forces, while waiting for permission to leave the besieged area of Moudamiya Al Sham, in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Phenomenon Spreads in Damascus: Citizens in Military Costumes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 10, 2016 | Middle East

London- Statements made by Colonel Abduljawad al-Awad on imposing penalties against cab drivers who wear military fatigue triggered the topic of soldiers blackmailing and intimidating citizens in the capital Damascus and all regime-ruled areas in Syria. The colonel’s...

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Football Soccer Britain – Sunderland v Shrewsbury Town – EFL Cup Second Round – The Stadium of Light – 24/8/16
Sunderland’s Steven Pienaar looks dejected
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A Sunderland Escapology Act this Season Will Be Little Short of a Miracle

by Barry Glendenning | Nov 10, 2016 | Sports

It is over 43 years since an overjoyed Bob Stokoe raced, arms outstretched, across the Wembley sward to celebrate one of the great FA Cup upsets. Second Division Sunderland had just slain the mighty Leeds team featuring Billy Bremner, Norman Hunter and John Giles to...