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A miner hugs a relative in front of a coal mine site in Soma, a district in Turkey’s western province of Manisa May 14, 2014. REUTERS Photo

Seven Miners Killed in Coal Mine Collapse in Southeastern Turkey

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 17, 2017 | Middle East

At least even miners were killed and another was missing after part of a coal mine in Turkey’s southeastern province of Sirnak collapsed on Tuesday, government spokesman Bekir Bozdag said. Reuters cited Turkey’s energy ministry as saying that the coal mine was...

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Plainclothes police officers stand after a bomb hit a bus carrying police officers in Mersin, Turkey, October 17, 2017. Dogan News Agency, DHA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS

Eighteen Injured in Bomb Attack on Police Vehicle in Turkey’s Mersin

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 17, 2017 | Middle East

A bomb blast wrecked a bus carrying police officers on Tuesday in the southern Turkish province of Mersin. According to the report cited by Reuters, the blast injured 18 people in an attack that security sources blamed on Kurdish militants. Seventeen of those hurt...

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Mitiga airport, pictured on July 22, 2014, is a military airfield used for civilian traffic after Tripoli’s international airport was seriously damaged last year (AFP Photo/Mahmud Turkia)

Libya’s Mitiga Airport Closed as Rival Factions Clash

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 17, 2017 | World

As clashes intensified between Libyan rival factions, the country’s Mitiga airport, located in the capital, was evacuated. According to officials flights were suspended repeatedly, leading up to a full shutdown. Reuters wrote that flights had restarted around...

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a rally marking Al-Quds day in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Israeli Intelligence Accuses Hezbollah of Recruiting Palestinians for Operations in Settlements

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 17, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv- Israeli intelligence accused Hezbollah of recruiting Palestinians to carry out operations in Israeli settlements and other sites. It revealed that one man was brought to court on charges of carrying out terrorist acts and that the official in charge of this...

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Jordan’s State Security Court. (Petra)

Jordan Sentences 8 to Prison on Terrorism Charges

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Oct 17, 2017 | Middle East

Amman – The Jordanian State Security Court on Monday issued three- to 15-year prison sentences against eight Jordanians after they were convicted of carrying out terrorist acts, promoting the ideas of an extremist group and attempting to join ISIS. The court...