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Al Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahri speaks from an unknown location, in this still image taken from video uploaded on a social media website June 8, 2011. REUTERS/Social Media Website via Reuters TV

Zawahiri Strongly Criticizes Baghdadi

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jan 7, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Al-Qaeda Chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has targeted ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi with severe accusations in a message that explicitly shows the continuous struggle between the two groups to prevail, according to an Egyptian report. Al-Qaeda and ISIS have always...

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Travelers and airport workers are evacuated out of the terminal after airport shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. Andrew Innerarity, Reuters

Gunman Targets Passengers in U.S. Airport

by Mounir al-Manawri | Jan 7, 2017 | World

Washington – At least five people have been killed in an attack at Fort Lauderdale airport and eight were injured by a gunman on Friday. Fort Lauderdale Airport is situated around 21 miles north of Miami. It is the second largest airport in South Florida,...

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Members of the Iraqi forces drive a BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle as they hold a position in the village of Jarif, some 45 kilometers south of Mosul, on November 12, 2016, after retaking it from Daesh. (AFP/File)

Iraqi Forces Conduct First Overnight Operation against ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 7, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad, Mosul – A spokesman for Iraq’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) said counter- terrorism forces took the lead against ISIS militants in east Mosul in the first overnight assault. Official Spokesman for the anti-terrorism department Sabah Naaman said...

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SDF units, Reuters

Syria: Street Battles Rage across Al-Bab, SDF Units Advance near Lake Assad

by Nazeer Rida | Jan 7, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Syrian Opposition forces officially denied a previously announced ceasefire agreement relayed by Iran-aligned proxy in Syria so-called “Hezbollah” over the rebel-held Barda Valley near Damascus. A military news outlet run by Hezbollah...

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Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim addresses the media in Ankara. Reuters

Turkey Blames Izmir’s Attack on PKK

by Said Abdul Razzak | Jan 7, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during an opening ceremony of a metro line in Ankara on Friday that Turkey was “under mutual attack by terrorist groups and they want Turkey to be brought to its knees.” He said: “They won’t be able to...