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A mother and her daughters who fled fighting between Iraqi security forces and ISIS, sit on an Iraqi Army truck at the gathering point as they wait to be taken for a camp for internally displaced people at Mosul, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

A Semblance of Normality in Parts of Mosul

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 16, 2017 | Middle East

London, Mosul- In some parts of Mosul, you can almost forget that a war is being waged over the city between Iraqi forces and ISIS militants who still control more than half of it – at least momentarily. Cars clog the streets, stalls are heaped with fresh...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) gestures next to Russian Ambassador to France Alexander Orlov (L) as they take part with other foreign ministers and representatives in a family picture during the Mideast peace conference in Paris, France, January 15, 2017. REUTERS/Bertrand Guay/POOL

Paris Conference Calls on Israel to End its Occupation

by Michel Abu Najm | Jan 16, 2017 | Middle East

Paris – An international conference was concluded Sunday in the French capital, with more than 70 countries and organizations calling on Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories and supporting the two-state solution as the only means to achieve...

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Plane debris is seen at the crash site of a Turkish cargo jet near Kyrgyzstan’s Manas airport outside Bishkek. Reuters

Kyrgyzstan Says 37 Dead in Turkish Cargo Plane Crash

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 16, 2017 | World

A Turkish cargo plane crashed near Kyrgyzstan’s Manas airport on Monday, killing at least 37 people, most of them residents of a village struck by the Boeing 747 as it tried to land in thick fog, authorities said. According to the airport administration, the...

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Sinai: Eastern Gate of Egypt Defies Extremists

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jan 16, 2017 | Features

Cairo- Sinai, the eastern gate of Egypt, has witnessed constant bloody scenes since 2013 in an open war launched by the Egyptian army against extremists who transformed the peninsula into a terrorist governorate. According to the latest national statistics, terrorist...

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U.S. Navy ship fired warning shots at Iranian vessels. Reuters

Iran Bids Obama Farewell with Insults

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 16, 2017 | Opinion

The Scorpion and the Frog is an animal fable about a frog that carries a scorpion on its back across a river. The frog is first hesitant to carry the scorpion out of fear of being stung but the scorpion insists it wouldn’t. However, the scorpion does indeed...