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Greater Focus on Prevention Core to Battling Cancer

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 4, 2017 | Health, Lifestyle & Culture

Cancer is not an inescapable fate. But while prevention can save millions of lives much more cheaply than treatment, it remains an underfunded, much-neglected weapon in the anti-cancer arsenal, experts say. Some 14 million new cancers are diagnosed each year,...

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A ballistic missile is launched and tested in an undisclosed location, Iran, March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mahmood Hosseini/TIMA

Iran Vows Threatens “Roaring Missiles,” Challenges U.S. Sanctions

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 4, 2017 | World

A Revolutionary Guards commander said Iran would use missiles if its security is under threat, as the elite force defied new U.S. sanctions on its missile program by holding a military exercise, reported Reuters on Saturday. “If we see smallest misstep from the...

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CIA Documents: ‘Shi’ite Revolution, Iran’s Neighbors’ (1)

by Mounir Al-Mawri | Feb 4, 2017 | Features

Washington-In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution in 1979, Iran’s hierarchy was divided over the policy it should adopt towards Shi’ite communities abroad. In February 1979, followers of Ruhollah Khomeini staged a coup against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s regime...

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Members of Iranian revolutionary guard march during a parade to commemorate anniversary of Iran-Iraq war, in Tehran. Reuters

Iran in Missile Exercise Day after U.S. Sanctions

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 4, 2017 | World

Iran is holding a military exercise on Saturday in a show of defiance a day after the United States imposed sanctions over a ballistic missile test launch last weekend. The Revolutionary Guards said that the missiles deployed for Saturday’s exercise would only...

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SDF in New Phase of Raqqa Assault

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 4, 2017 | Middle East

U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters said on Saturday that they had started a new phase in their campaign for the ISIS-held Syrian city of Raqqa, aiming to sever the road to militant strongholds in Deir al-Zor province, but stressed they needed more weapons to win....