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Moscow: Our Air Raids Have Killed 35,000 Opposition Fighters

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 23, 2016 | World

The Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday that Russian air strikes in Syria have killed 35,000 opposition fighters and have succeeded in halting a series of revolutions in the Middle East. During a meeting in which senior leaders in the Russian army reviewed...

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on December 21, 2016 shows
a handout portrait released by German Federal Police Office (BKA) on December 21, 2016 showing two pictures of Tunisian man identified as Anis Amri, suspected of being involved in the Berlin Christmas market attack, that killed 12 people on December 19.

German police on December 21, 2016 launched a manhunt and requested an European arrest warrant for Anis Amri, a rejected asylum seeker suspected of involvement in a deadly truck assault on a Berlin Christmas market claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.
German police on December 21, 2016 launched a manhunt and requested an European arrest warrant for Anis Amri, a rejected asylum seeker suspected of involvement in a deadly truck assault on a Berlin Christmas market claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.
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Fingerprints in Truck Match those of Berlin Attack Suspect

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 23, 2016 | World

Berlin- Investigators found fingerprints of a Tunisian suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack on the door of the truck that plowed through the crowds killing 12, German media said on Thursday. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack in which a truck...

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Opinion: Is the Russian Phoenix Really Rising?

by Amir Taheri | Dec 23, 2016 | Opinion

Earlier this month, as Russians marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Empire, there was much talk of an end to what many in Moscow claim was a “parenthesis” that is now closing. In other words, in 1992 Russia, as the core power in the USSR, ceased to...

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The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and Mayor Michael Müller of Berlin on Tuesday at the site of an attack that left 12 people dead.
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Berlin Attack Poses Toughest Test in Merkel’s 11 Years in Power

by Alison Smale | Dec 23, 2016 | World

BERLIN — She faced down a euro crisis that turned into an existential crossroads for the European Union. She confronted a Russian land grab in Ukraine. Virtually alone among her peers, she welcomed into her country roughly a million migrants who flooded across...

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Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan attends a joint press conference. — SPA

Saudi Arabia: Gradual Modification of Energy Prices, No Income Taxes

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Dec 23, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Saudi Arabia has announced that there are no limits for what it’s willing to spend for the sake of defending the country. “The kingdom will not determine the spending for the sake of defending the country — we took into consideration...