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A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) takes position near the village of Bir Fawaz, 20 km north of Raqqa on February 8, 2017. AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN

Euphrates Dam ‘Out Of Service,’ Kurds at ISIS Airport

by Nazeer Rida and Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 27, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, London- As ISIS confused Raqqa residents on Sunday, warning them from the near collapse of the Tabqa Dam, a Kurdish official from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) asserted his forces have entered the Tabqa military airport, expecting to control it in the...

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Russian special police gather in downtown Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 26, 2017. (AP)

Rare Moscow Demonstration Ends with Opposition Leader Arrest

by Taha Abed alWahed | Mar 27, 2017 | World

Moscow – Russian authorities arrested on Sunday prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny and hundreds of Russians who took to the streets in one of the biggest movements staged throughout the country against President Vladimir Putin since he assumed power in...

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Members of the Iraqi forces tend to a civilian who was injured by ISIS at a school turned hospital in western Mosul on March 24, 2017. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP

School Becomes Field Hospital in Iraq’s Mosul

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 27, 2017 | Middle East

Mosul- Fifteen-year-old Mohammed enthusiastically helps the staff of a makeshift hospital set up in the bullet-scarred school in west Mosul where he himself studied before jihadists seized Iraq’s second city. ISIS used the school as part of its program of...