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A Kurdish peshmerga fighter inspects the interior of a house destroyed by fighting with Islamic State militants in Bashiqa, Iraq, on Nov. 11. (Felipe Dana/AP)

After ISIS, Iraq at Risk of a New Battle for Disputed Territory

by Missy Ryan and Aaso Ameen Shwan | Dec 13, 2016 | Middle East

BASHIQA, Iraq — When the Kurdish peshmerga commander arrived in this town in northern Iraq last month, he knew he was there to stay. Col. Nabi Ahmed Mohammed’s force of 300 fighters had been tasked with securing Bashiqa as part of the Iraqi military’s offensive...

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Will Liberated Areas in Iraq Become Incubators for ISIS?

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Dec 13, 2016 | Features

Cairo- Egyptian experts on Islamic movements have warned from a real tragedy in the regions liberated from ISIS especially in Iraq, where people suffer from severe neglect and lack of services. According to experts, extremism shown by Shi’ite militias creates...

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ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Reuters

The Fail of the ‘Fundamentalist Promise’ from ‘Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist’ to ISIS

by Hani Nasira | Dec 13, 2016 | Features, Uncategorized

Dubai – Before Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and his predecessor Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Shukri Mustafa, head of Takfir wal-Hijra (executed in 1978) requested the Egyptian government to allow him and his group to migrate to Damascus aiming at establishing an...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Chairs Cabinet’s Session. SPA

Saudi Arabia Calls for U.N. Session on Syria Crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 13, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh-Saudi Arabia has renewed calls for an emergency special session of the 193-member U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) to discuss the worsening crisis in Syria. A Cabinet session chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Monday said the horrific...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques shakes hands with UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. SPA

King Salman Meets Sheikh Dr. Sultan al-Qasimi

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 13, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh-Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at al-Yamamah palace on Monday Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed al-Qasimi, Supreme Council’s Member and Ruler of Sharjah, who is currently on a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia....