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Bilal Abdul Kareem

Bilal Abdul Kareem: An ‘Extremist Propagandist’ Reporting from Syria

by Ben Hubbard | Mar 19, 2017 | Features

Beirut – On a stretch of road in northern Syria, a missile screamed from the sky and obliterated a car, killing a militant and leaving a wreck of twisted metal in an olive grove. Soon after, a skinny, bald and bearded African-American convert to Islam and former...

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NATO soldiers attend a NATO military exercise at Raposa beach, near Setubal, Portugal October 20, 2015. NATO and its allies opened their largest military exercise in more than a decade on Monday, choosing the central Mediterranean to showcase strengths that face threats from Russia’s growing military presence from the Baltics to Syria. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

Germany Denies Trump Claims it Owes NATO, US ‘Vast Sums’ for Defense

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 19, 2017 | World

German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday rejected US President Donald Trump’s claim that Germany owes NATO and the United States “vast sums” of money for defense a day after the US president met German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the...

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Raheem Sterling. (AFP)

Raheem Sterling in Shape to Show Liverpool he Made the Right Move

by Sachin Nakrani | Mar 19, 2017 | Sports

London – It is a little under two years since Raheem Sterling made the move which, perhaps more than any other, has come to define him. It wasn’t a drop of the shoulder or a sprint past a full-back or a shot at goal, but instead an interview. That interview is...

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A US Navy guard patrols Camp Delta’s detainee recreation yard at the Guantanamo Bay naval base. (Reuters)

CIA Torture Left Scars on Guantánamo Prisoner’s Psyche for Years

by Charlie Savage | Mar 19, 2017 | World

Washington – Nearly a decade after CIA interrogators tortured a Saudi man suspected of involvement in Al-Qaeda’s bombing of the American destroyer Cole in 2000, the prisoner continued to experience lingering psychological consequences, including “nightmares that...

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A Syrian opposition fighter in Aleppo. (AFP)

Clashes between Rebel, Regime Forces Rock Damascus

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 19, 2017 | Middle East

Rebels and militants waged a surprise assault on the Syrian capital Damascus, resulting in heavy clashes with regime forces on Sunday. The fighting rocked eastern districts of the capital as rebels and jihadists tried to fight their way into the city center in the...