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Former French Judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere speaks at a lecture at the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington on June 22, 2009. AFP

Jean-Louis Bruguiere: ‘We have to Prepare to Face ISIS 2’

by Michel Abu Najm | Nov 19, 2016 | World

Paris- French Examining Magistrate in charge of counter-terrorism affairs Jean-Louis Bruguiere has called for preparedness to deal with “ISIS 2,” which he expected to be formed after the terrorist organization’s loss of its strongholds in Mosul and Raqqah and the...

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Marshal Khalifa Haftar speaks during a news conference at a sports club in Abyar, east of Benghazi May 21, 2014. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Western Diplomats Show Rare Support to Libya’s Haftar

by Khalid Mahmoud | Nov 19, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo- Armed forces led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar announced a “great victory” against extremist fighters in Libya’s Benghazi earlier on Thursday, which indefinitely entailed adjustments to political stances of diplomats who had long considered Haftar...

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Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed el-Tayeb, Egyptian Imam of al-Azhar Mosque (Photo: Reuters)

Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam: My Speech Did Not Exclude any Sect at Grozny

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Nov 19, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo- Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed el-Tayeb reaffirmed the institutionalized rebuttal of the concluding statement made at the Sunni Conference in Grozny, Chechnya in August 2016. The statement viewed controversial exclusion of Muslim sects and clerics. Dr....

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Jeff Sessions,left, Mike Flynn, Mike Pompeo, right. Reuters

Trump Assigns Security, Immigration Hardliners

by Heba al-Qodsi and Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 19, 2016 | World

New York, Washington-The recent appointments announced by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday were greeted with widespread applause by his core supporters and other Republicans. However, these appointments raised the concerns of Democrats as they opposed the...

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Iraqi army soldiers fire a mortar during clashes with ISIS militants in the Karma district of Anbar province March 22, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

ISIS Militants Flee Tal Afar, Mobilize in Anbar

by Hamza Mostafa and mounaf obeidi | Nov 19, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad, Mosul- Based on intelligence information on Iraq’s western gonvernorate, Anbar local authorities announced that ultra-hardline group ISIS, currently being fought in Mosul, has plotted a series of terror attacks against the area. A curfew has been put in place...