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Turkish army tanks take up position on the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province on September 29, 2014. (REUTERS/Murad Sezer)
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A military vehicle drives out of Lebanon’s Roumieh prison, on January 12, 2015. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
ISIS behind Tripoli attacks: Lebanon interior minister
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was behind the suicide bombing which took place in northern Lebanon on Saturday, the country’s interior minister has told Asharq Al-Awsat. Nihad Mashnouq said on Sunday that Lebanese authorities had...Caption:
Zaman editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanli greets his supporters after being released by the court outside the Justice Palace in Istanbul December 19, 2014. (Reuters/Murad Sezer)
Zaman Editor-in-Chief: Turkish government no longer democratic
Istanbul, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ekrem Dumanlı was arrested on December 14, part of a series of coordinated raids by Turkish authorities against a number of prominent media figures, all facing charges of belonging to a terrorist “parallel organization.” The organization in...Caption:
epa04300524 A photograph made from a video released on 05 July 2014 by the jihadist affiliated group Furqan Media via their twitter account allegedly showing Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a sermon during Friday prayers at a mosque in Mosul, Iraq, 04 July 2014. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the ruler of the self-styled […]
Confusion continues over arrest of ISIS leader’s alleged wife
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Confusion continued on Wednesday over Lebanese authorities’ arrest of a woman alleged to be the wife of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, with Iraq’s Defense Ministry denying that the woman in custody was...Caption:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and US Vice President Joe Biden chatting during their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 22, 2014. (EPA/KAYHAN OZER / PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE)