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Smoke billows from fires in west Mosul, northern Iraq on March 7, 2017 as Iraqi troops battle against ISIS militants to further advance inside the city. AFP

Looters Target West Mosul

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 6, 2017 | Middle East

Mosul – Men, women and children walk down a main road in west Mosul with arms full and carts loaded, but they are not among the people fleeing fighting in the city. The operation to retake Mosul from ISIS has pushed hundreds of thousands of residents to flee...

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Rebel fighters and civilians gather as they wait to be evacuated from a rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo, Syria December 16, 2016. Reuters

Major Evacuation of Fighters, Civilians since Beginning of War in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 9, 2017 | Middle East

London – During the years of the Syrian war that erupted in 2011 as many areas were besieged by all conflict parties, the country has witnessed several evacuations involving tens of thousands of civilians and fighters, especially from the strongholds of the...

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Moroccan Woman: From Aspiring Stylist to Jihadist Widow

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 25, 2017 | Features

Qamishli, Syria- Islam Maytat thought marrying an Afghan-British businessman was her ticket to a new life as a fashionista in London. Instead, she became a widow living under ISIS rule in Syria. At just 23, the young Moroccan spent three traumatic years in northern...

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A civil defense member breathes through an oxygen mask, after the gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

Russia is Defending itself not Assad

by Tariq Alhomayed | Apr 16, 2017 | Opinion

Yesterday, we discussed Bashar al-Assad’s trouble following the US strike and his denial of the town of Khan Shaykhoun chemical attack by saying it was 100% fabricated. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the reports indicating there is a chemical attack in...

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Iraqis displaced by the battle of Mosul in the newly established Khazir refugee camp, east of Mosul.- Reuters

Iraqis Create Market in Mud of Displaced Camp of Khazir

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 20, 2016 | Middle East

Khazir Camp-Mobile phones, cartons of cigarettes and fresh mutton are all on sale inside a camp for Iraqi civilians displaced in the battle to recapture Mosul — if they have the money. In the Khazir camp, buyers trudge in the mud, skidding around in flimsy shoes...