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A Libyan man is seen at a fire at the extremist Ansar al-Sharia headquarters. (AFP)

Libya’s Extremist Ansar al-Sharia Dissolves itself

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 29, 2017 | Middle East

The map of terrorist and extremist groups in Libya is being redrawn, six years after the fall of the Gadhafi regime after the Ansar al-Sharia group linked announced that it was formally dissolving itself. The al-Qaeda-linked group said in a statement on Saturday that...

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Armed police officers stand on duty as participants in a fun run walk past in central Manchester, Britain, May 28, 2017. (Reuters)

UK Security Services Investigating 500 Potential Terror Plots

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 29, 2017 | World

London – British interior minister Amber Rudd revealed on Sunday that a number of affiliates of Salman Abedi, Manchester’s suicide bomber, are possibly still at large. Rudd’s statement followed Prime Minister Theresa May lowering threat levels from “critical” to...

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An Egyptian air force fighter jet is pictured landing at an undisclosed location in Egypt after air strikes against terrorist targets in Libya. (AFP)

Egyptian Army: Our Strikes Not Limited to Derna

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | May 29, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – While Egypt continued its air assaults in Libya for the third consecutive day on Sunday, Egyptian army spokesman Tamer al-Rifai told Asharq Al-Awsat that the wave of strikes against terrorists attacking Egypt were successful. Al-Rifai revealed that those...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a cabinet meeting on May 28, 2017. (Reuters)

Netanyahu Grants Telecom Portfolio to Only Arab Minister in his Cabinet

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 29, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed on Sunday the only Arab minister in his cabinet in charge of the telecommunications portfolio. MP Ayoob Kara of the Likud Party will become telecommunications minister after others close to the premier...