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An Iraqi soldier holds a scuplture as he stands beside a tank made of wood that was used by ISIS militants as a diversion tactic in Bawiza, north of Mosul, Iraq November 13, 2016. REUTERS

Iraqi Forces Dislodge ISIS from Mosul’s Nimrud

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 13, 2016 | Middle East

About 30 km south of Mosul, Iraqi troops recaptured the 3,000-year-old Assyrian city of Nimrud which was overrun by ISIS terrorists since 2014, a military source said. Nimrud, once the capital of an empire stretching across the ancient Middle East, is one of several...

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The Obama Administration Works against Time to Wrap Banking Rules

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 13, 2016 | World

U.S. top officials found themselves in a race against time with respect to finalizing banking rules before President Barack Obama leaves office and hands regulatory power to Donald Trump who has vowed to rewrite the existing financial rule book. President-elect Trump...

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Demonstrators gather at the Utah State Capitol building in protest to the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. November 12, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

Demonstrators to March for a Fifth Day against Trump Presidency

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 13, 2016 | World

In a continued popular protest to the new United States president-elect demonstrators across the nation planned to take to the streets for a fifth straight day on Sunday as Donald Trump had a social media face off with one of the nation’s largest newspapers....

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A man looks at Iranian-made missiles at Holy Defence Museum in Tehran in this September 23, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA/Files

Iran FM’s Advisor: Missiles outside Iran not Limited to Syria

by Adil Alsalmi | Nov 13, 2016 | Middle East

London – Two days after Iran’s chief of staff revealed that the production line of ballistic missiles shifted to Aleppo over the past years, Hussein Sheikh al-Islam – advisor to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif – said that missile production...

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Trump Files: Regional Conflict

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Nov 13, 2016 | Opinion

Most American presidents have dedicated a chapter in their diaries to their role in resolving crises in the Middle East. President Barack Obama has two books which will be released. Jeffrey Goldberg, who has long accompanied Obama, is working on one of them....