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Police stand guard outside as officers investigate a residential building where arrested suspects are thought to live, in Alsdorf near Aachen, Germany November 17, 2015. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender

German Police Arrest Man on Suspicion of Planning Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 23, 2017 | World

German police said on Sunday they arrested a 21-year-old man thought to have been plotting an attack, and linked his case to that of a second suspect captured in Vienna. Special forces police arrested the man and a woman during a raid on an apartment in the western...

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Iraqi families fleeing the ISIS controlled Rashidiyah neighborhood arrive to the Arabi neighborhood north of Mosul on January 22, 2017 as a military operation against the jihadists continues. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Presence of Mosul Civilians Hinders ISIS’ Use of Planted Bombs

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 23, 2017 | Middle East

Mosul- Iraqi forces used to facing deserted, explosives-rigged streets and booby-trapped buildings have not encountered as many bombs planted by jihadists in Mosul as they did in earlier battles against them. ISIS has no qualms about killing civilians, but the...

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Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, left, smiles as he welcomes Gulf Cooperation Council leaders, not pictured, prior to the GCC summit in Sekhir, Bahrain, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. The kings son Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa stands at right. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

King of Bahrain Addresses Government, Parliament to Regulate Public Expenditure

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jan 23, 2017 | Business

Manama- Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa directed that procedures regulating the public expenditure should be based on agreement between the Executive and the Legislature authorities, and through prioritizing the most important issues that benefit medium...

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Photo caption: FILE – Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani speaks during an interview with Reuters in Irbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, May 12, 2014. (Reuters)

Barzani: Arab Sunnis in Iraq Suffer from Absence of Religious, Political Authority

by Ghassan Charbel | Jan 23, 2017 | Interviews

Davos – President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Masoud Barzani, said that the Iraqi Army’s military achievements in Mosul represented a hard blow against ISIS group. He added that while the Peshmerga has lost 1,668 soldiers since the beginning of the battle, 15,000...

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U.S. President Donald Trump. Reuters

Trump Pledges to Eradicate ISIS, Attacks Media

by Heba El Koudsy | Jan 23, 2017 | World

Washington- U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his pledge to eradicate ISIS from the face of the planet and warned the American intelligence agencies to be ready for wars. Trump told the CIA it had his full support on Saturday as he paid a visit to mend fences...