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Houthis ride a truck while patrolling a street in Sana’a January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Houthis Release Norwegian Refugee Council Staff

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 24, 2017 | Middle East

Sanaa- Houthi insurgents released on Thursday seven people detained for distributing aid in Yemen’s district of Hodeida, the Norwegian Refugee Council said on Thursday. “We are greatly relieved by the release of our staff members and the driver,” the...

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Smoke billows in the background as Iraqi forces advance on February 23, 2017 towards Mosul airport. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

On Mosul Airport Road: Rockets and Gunfire

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 24, 2017 | Features

Mosul- There was still morning mist in the air when Iraq’s Rapid Response units began their push to take Mosul airport from ISIS on Thursday. Agence France Presse said that on a hilltop outside the village of Al-Buseif, the soldiers watched as helicopters fired...

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Iraqi special forces advance towards the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

After Mosul: Certainties and Uncertainties

by Amir Taheri | Feb 24, 2017 | Opinion

As the battle for Mosul enters what looks like its decisive phase, Iraqi leaders face a number of certainties and uncertainties. The first certainty is that, in pure military terms, ISIS or Daesh in Arabic, cannot maintain its hold on the western section of Mosul for...

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Jack Grealish sums up the mood at Aston Villa. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters

Aston Villa have not Won a Match in 2017. Are they in Danger of Another Relegation?

by Martin Laurence | Feb 23, 2017 | Sports

Three Championship clubs decided to replace their managers in the same week back in October. Cardiff City were second from bottom with only eight points from 11 games, so they brought in Neil Warnock to replace Paul Trollope. Derby County, who found themselves in...

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General Jim Mattis, center, speaking with his commanders in Iraq in March 2003. Credit Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times

3 Generals Bound by Iraq Will Guide Trump on Security

by Peter Baker and Eric Schmitt | Feb 23, 2017 | Features

Washington— At one point or another, they each strode the sands of Iraq, fighting on the unforgiving battlefield of America’s costliest war since Vietnam. Now all three will sit around the table in the White House Situation Room, steering a new president through the...