by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 14, 2017 | Middle East
Syrian ISIS members in Raqqa have started to leave the northern city in recent days, said a Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The removal of foreign ISIS fighters is being prepared. “All Syrian fighters from the ISIS group left Raqa over the past five...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 14, 2017 | World
North Korea is preparing for a new ballistic missile launch, a news report said on Saturday. The test will be held ahead of joint naval drills between the United States and South Korea, added the Donga Ilbo daily that cited a government source. Satellite pictures show...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 14, 2017 | Middle East
Baghdad has set a pre-dawn Sunday deadline for Kurdish forces to abandon positions in the disputed oil province of Kirkuk they took during the fightback against ISIS more than three years ago, a senior Kurdish official said. “The deadline set for the peshmerga...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 14, 2017 | Business
Lebanese Energy Minister Cesar Abi Khalil announced on Thursday that a tender on the first round of offshore energy blocks has been ended. “The first licensing round for oil exploration closed,” he said during a press conference He said that two consortiums had made...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 14, 2017 | World
Fire officials in the US State of California have reported further progress against the most lethal outbreak of wildfires in state history, as the death toll rose to 35. The wind-driven blazes, which erupted on Sunday night in the heart of California’s renowned...
