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Relatives of victims of an attack that killed at least 28 Coptic Christians on Friday react at the funeral in Minya, Egypt May 26, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Inciters in Egypt should be Pursued Internationally

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 27, 2017 | Opinion

The repeated crimes targeting Egypt are an evil act that requires regional and international actions, as its causes and consequences are no longer an Egyptian matter. What happened on Friday in Minya is part of a series of terrorist attacks linked to the Egyptian...

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Slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Ties with Qatar Revealed in Bin Laden Documents

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 26, 2017 | Features

With the arrival of a new administration to the White House, Washington has decided to speak out against Qatar’s relations with terrorism in the Middle in a bid to calm the situation and control the growing terrorism in the world, reported Al-Arabiya.net on Friday....

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US Special Forces killed 7 Qaeda militants in an intelligence-gathering raid in Yemen. (AFP)

7 Qaeda Militants Killed in US Raid in Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 23, 2017 | Middle East

US Special Forces killed seven al-Qaeda militants during an intelligence-gathering raid against their compound in Yemen on Tuesday morning, US officials said. US Central Command said in a statement the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militants were killed...

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Army soldiers man a checkpoint in the historical town of Baraqish in Yemen’s al-Jawf province after it was taken over by pro-government forces from Houthi fighters April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Ali Owidha

Saudi Ambassador to Yemen: Houthis, Qaeda Swapped Prisoners

by Moaz al-Omari | May 6, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Washington – Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jaber told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that al-Qaeda terrorist organization in Yemen and Houthi rebels have swapped prisoners within the framework of continuous cooperation between the two groups. He noted that such...

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Somali soldiers patrol the streets of Mogadishu on February 22, 2014. (AFP)

Four Shabaab Fighters Executed in Somalia

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 25, 2017 | World

Somalia announced that it executed four suspects who fought with the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group. The four men were behind a 2016 attack that killed 80 people, a military officer said on Tuesday. The four men were executed in Baidoa, which lies about 245 km (150...