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Russian military jets are seen at Hmeymim air base in Syria, June 18, 2016. REUTERS/Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry via Reuters

Can Arabs Change Russian Position on Syria?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 11, 2017 | Opinion

During the Soviet Union era, the Arab relations with Moscow were mostly positive given their similar stances in many matters, mainly the Palestinian cause. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, vacuum was all over the Middle East which is geographically far from...

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US-backed Iraqi forces waging the battle for Mosul. (AFP)A wide array of Iraqi and international forces are involved in the fight to retake Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group, which overran the country’s second city in 2014. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

ISIS Lost Majority of Territory it Had Seized in Iraq

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 11, 2017 | Middle East

The ISIS militant group has lost more than three-fourths of the territory it had seized when it swept across Iraq in 2014, the military announced on Tuesday. At the height of its power, the group controlled about 40 percent of Iraq, joint operations command spokesman...

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Migrants rest as a policeman watches them near Hungary’s border fence on the Serbian side of the border near Morahalom, Hungary, February 22, 2016. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh/File Photo

UN Urges Europe to Stop Sending Migrants to Hungary

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 11, 2017 | World

Geneva- The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR issued a statement on Monday calling on European Union states not to send Middle Eastern and African asylum seekers back to Hungary for assessment until that country amends its new law on detaining migrants at the...

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A German police secures the main train station in Munich, Germany, January 1, 2016. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

German Court Convicts Syrian Teenager for Planning Terror Attack

by Majid al-Khateeb | Apr 11, 2017 | World

Cologne – A German court in the western city of Cologne on Monday convicted a 16-year-old Syrian refugee for planning to carry out a terror attack. The regional court said in a statement that the defendant was found guilty of plotting “a serious act of violence...

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The Bank of England is seen in the City of London August 7, 2013. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Bank of England Libor Scandal

by Ahmad Al-Ghamrawi | Apr 11, 2017 | Business

Cairo – Amid the tough times Britain has to face, British Broadcasting Company (BBC) published secret recording that implicates the Bank of England (BoE) in Libor rigging. The recordings date back to 2008 and show that the central bank pressured commercial banks...