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Fighters loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, gesture as they drive through a street in the southern city of Aden on July 19, 2015. Backed by air support from Saudi-led warplanes and troops freshly trained in the kingdom, forces loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi have managed to wrest back control of most of Aden. AFP PHOTO / SALEH AL-OBEIDI

Opinion: Aden responds to Vienna

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jul 22, 2015 | Opinion

Last week’s capture of Aden by Yemeni government loyalists has provided the best response to the nuclear deal which US President Barack Obama and the West gifted to Khomeneist Iran on July 14 in Vienna. Anti-Houthi forces, known as the Popular Resistance, have wrested...

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This undated file picture shows some of the children recruited by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Opinion: The Rapid Spread of ISIS

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jul 9, 2015 | Opinion

One of the differences between Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) lies in the way members join each of these ultra-radical groups. Those wishing to join Al-Qaeda are often exposed for a long period of time to the writings of the group’s...

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FILE – In this Tuesday, May 12, 2013 file photo, Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through villages in Sheikh Zuweyid, north Sinai, Egypt. Islamic militants on Wednesday unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks, including suicide car bombings, on Egyptian army checkpoints in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least tens of soldiers, security and military officials said.(AP Photo, File)

Opinion: The fight against terrorism is our war

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jul 2, 2015 | Opinion

The United Arab Emirates has given, through law, a practical lesson after its Federal Supreme Court sentenced to death Alaa Al-Hashemi, the woman known as the Al-Reem Island ghost, who stabbed to death an American woman at an Abu Dhabi shopping mall last December. The...

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Hassan al-Banna. (AAA file photo)

Opinion: Burning the Books of Hassan Al-Banna and Sayyid Qutb

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jun 24, 2015 | Opinion

There have been insistent demands for the renewal of religious discourse in several Muslim countries, including Egypt, which is known as “the Mother of the World” and home to the Al-Azhar university, its highest religious authority. Ever since the toppling of Egypt’s...

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A courtroom sketch shows Khalid Al-Fawwaz (C), a 52-year-old Saudi national described as a top Osama Bin Laden deputy, during his sentencing hearing at the New York Federal Court, on May 15, 2015, during which he was sentenced to life in prison in connection with the deadly 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. (Reuters/Marilyn Church/Handout)

Opinion: Khalid Al-Fawwaz and the Problem of Terrorism

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | May 18, 2015 | Opinion

On Friday the New York Federal Court sentenced Khalid Al-Fawwaz, a suspect in the deadly 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, to life in prison. It took 16 years after the crime was committed to issue the sentence against Fawwaz, who for a while...