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Tunisian Anis Amri, 24, is believed to have hijacked a truck and used it to mow down holiday revellers at a Berlin Christmas market (AFP Photo/)

ISIS Gave Germany’s Christmas Attacker Direct Orders

by Asharq Al-Awsat English and Majid al-Khateeb | Apr 15, 2017 | World

Anis Amri, the Tunisian responsible for the death of 12 people by driving a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin received his orders directly from the terror group ISIS, a German magazine reported on Saturday. ISIS group claimed responsibility for the attack on...

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Picture shows the building with the Fussilet 33 mosque in Berlin Moabit, Germany, © Christian Mang / Reuters

Berlin Mosque ‘Fussilet 33’ Shuts Down

by Majid al-Khateeb | Feb 22, 2017 | World

Cologne- Days after a German ministry of interior official announced issuing a closing order against the Fussilet 33 by the end of February, those responsible for the Mosque decided to shut down the place of worship once and for all. German dailies published footage...

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Italian police and forensics experts gather around the body of suspected Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri after he was shot dead in Milan on December 23, 2016
Italian police and forensics experts gather around the body of suspected Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri after he was shot dead in Milan on December 23, 2016 (AFP Photo/DANIELE BENNATI)

Anis Amri : Berlin’s Truck Killer

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 23, 2016 | World

Anis Amri, the Tunisian suspect in the Berlin truck attack who was shot dead in Milan on Friday, was found to be a small-time criminal that later turned terrorist Killer. Amri had taken advantage of the turmoil to flee the country, escaping a four-year jail term...