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An Iraqi special forces soldier takes cover behind a humvee during an ISIS fighter car bomb suicide attack in Tahrir neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Iraqi Forces Struggle to Tell Friend from Foe in Mosul Street Battle

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 19, 2016 | Middle East

Mosul- A vehicle shielded with metal plates and driven by a suicide attacker turned onto a main road filled with soldiers in eastern Mosul and burst into a ball of fire, causing several casualties. As it careered down the road it was riddled with gunfire as Iraqi...

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (Mary Altaffer/Associated Press)

Obama, Khamenei, Assad Share Cautious Optimism on Trump Presidency!

by Tariq Alhomayed | Nov 19, 2016 | Opinion

After Republican nominee Donald J. Trump winning the 2016 U.S. elections, common ground shared by each of U.S. President Barack Obama, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Syrian regime head Bashar Al-Assad, is cautious optimism– otherwise less diplomatically...

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A poster celebrates the fifth anniversary of Shining Path’s uprising

Hezbollah Militias Involved in Peru Violence

by Mohammed Fahmi | Nov 19, 2016 | World

Lima-The killing of a Peruvian citizen during a workers protest in La Pampa district raised disputes inside the country’s parliament and a number of questions regarding the nature of the operations of militias in Latin America. It all started a few weeks ago when...

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Saudi policemen seal off a road in a district north of Riyadh. REUTERS

Saudi Policeman Shot Dead

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 19, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

A Saudi policeman was shot dead Saturday northwest of the city of Dammam, the interior ministry said. The officer was hit by gunfire from “an unknown source” as he got out of his car in al-Nour neighborhood, said a ministry spokesman quoted by the official...

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Damaged aid trucks are pictured after an airstrike on the rebel held Urm al-Kubra town, western Aleppo city, Syria September 20, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

U.N. Moves to Refer Aleppo Convoy Attack to Security Council

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 19, 2016 | Middle East

Geneva- U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said on Friday that if investigators identify who was to blame for the deadly Sept. 19 attack on a U.N. aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo, the issue could be brought to the Security Council. The United States...