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Bahraini Security Forces. Reuters

Bahrain Sentences Six Terror Suspects to Life in Prison

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 24, 2016 | Middle East

Manama – A Bahraini court sentenced six people to life in prison for being involved in terrorist activities including planting a bomb, targeting security officers, and jeopardizing Bahrain’s security and stability. Chief Prosecutor Hamad Shaheen said the High...

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President Michel Aoun Meets Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani (Dalati & Nohra)

Qatar’s Foreign Affairs Minister in Beirut

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 24, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammad Bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani said that his country supported Lebanon and hoped the Lebanese leaders would overcome problems preventing the formation of the Cabinet. The Qatari minister visited Baabda Palace on Wednesday and met...

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French police officers patrol on the Champs Elysees in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

U.S. Adds French Suspect to List of ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorists’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 24, 2016 | World

Washington-The United States on Tuesday named a French veteran of the Foreign Legion as a suspect in the planning of bloody attacks in Paris and Brussels. The U.S. sanctioned Abdelilah Himich, also known as Abu Suleiman al-Faransi, a Moroccan-born French national...

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French gendarmes take part in a simulation of a terror attack during a training exercise of the Civil Security to test the reactivity of rescue teams at Sainte-Therese middle school in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe, northwestern France, on November 15, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER)

French Authorities Free Two Suspects in Terror Plots

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 24, 2016 | World

Paris – French authorities have released two of the seven suspects arrested in weekend police raids, which broke up a terror ring plotting an attack, a judicial source told Agence France Presse. The source said that the two men released on Tuesday were among three...

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French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, following the weekly cabinet meeting November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Paris to Host International Meeting on Syria Next Month

by Michel Abu Najm | Nov 24, 2016 | Middle East

Paris– French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has said his country would host a high-level ministerial meeting in December to discuss the means to end the bloodshed in war-torn Syria. The meeting will gather foreign ministers of countries supporting the moderate...