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A picture taken on July 1, 2014 shows a North Oil Company gas field located near a checkpoint held by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), some 30 kilometres southwest of the disputed Iraqi city of Kirkuk. (AFP Photo/Marwan Ibrahim)

ISIS in control of 60 percent of Syrian oil: sources

by Ma'ad Fayad | Jul 11, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is preparing to seize one of the few remaining major oil production centers in Syria not under its control, according to Syrian opposition officials. “ISIS is already in control of more than 60 percent...

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Free Syrian Army fighters stand on a back of a truck mounted with an anti-aircraft gun in Raqqa province, eastern Syria August 12, 2013. (REUTERS/Nour Fourat.)

Syria: Islamist infighting sweeps Raqqa

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 15, 2013 | Middle East

London/Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Infighting among Islamist opposition groups erupted in the Syrian rebel-held city of Al-Raqqa on Wednesday. The violence ensued as elements affiliated with Ahfad Al-Rasul Brigade refused to pay homage to the Islamic State of Iraq and...

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Rebels from al-Qaida affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra waving their brigade flag as they step on the top of a Syrian air force helicopter, at Taftanaz air base. (AP Photo)

Opinion: An Injustice to the Unseen and Unheard

by Diana Moukalled | Jun 26, 2013 | Opinion

“God help us triumph over them,” chanted the girl carried on someone’s shoulders, before she tilted her head a little, cried, and then pulled herself together to chant again. This young girl has previously chanted against the regime of Syrian president Bashar...

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A picture of Syrian revolutionary and former detainee Muhammed. (AAA)

Portrait of a Syrian Revolutionary

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Mar 21, 2013 | Features

Aleppo, Asharq Al-Awsat—“There are still so many things I don’t understand,” says Muhammed. “Why did I go there? How did I get out?” Lighting another cigarette he pauses to collect his thoughts before resuming his litany of questions. He knows he should have died in a...