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Smoke rises from gas storage tanks after a bomb attack against a state-run cooking gas factory in Taji at Baghdad’s northern outskirts, Iraq May 15, 2016. REUTERS

ISIS Attacks at Factory North of Baghdad Kill 11

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 15, 2016 | Middle East

BAGHDAD- ISIS claimed to be responsible for the bomb attacks against a factory in Baghdad’s northern outskirts on Sunday. The attacks lead to the death of 11 people, at least, including policemen, in addition to 21 others who remain wounded, police sources said. A...

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9/11 Commission’s Former Leaders Refute Saudi Involvement in the Attacks

by Joseph Braude | May 7, 2016 | World

American political commentators and former government officials have accused the Obama Administration of a thinly veiled attempt to manipulate the American public discussion, at a time of growing disenchantment with the Iranian nuclear deal, by training the media’s...

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A general view of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, built by Russia, October 26, 2010. REUTERS/IRNA/Mohammad Babaie

Iran Summons Envoy over $2 Billion U.S. Court Ruling

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 26, 2016 | World

Iran summoned on Tuesday the Swiss ambassador, who manages U.S. interests in Tehran, to condemn a Supreme Court ruling that found the Islamic Republic guilty of several attacks and ordered that almost $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets be turned over to U.S. families...

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Two Chairmen of the 9/11 Commission Rebut Allegations Linking Saudi to the Attacks

by Elie Fawaz | Apr 25, 2016 | World

Two chairmen of the official commission which was in charge of the investigation into the September 11 attacks have refuted accusations that the commission did not investigate Saudi Arabia’s alleged involvement in the attacks thoroughly enough. After more than 10...

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Houthi Militias Continue to Violate the Ceasefire

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 22, 2016 | Middle East

Houthi militias and forces loyal to the deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh continue to attack and shell residential neighbourhoods, sites where resistance fighters are located and the national army on various battlefronts in the Taiz province. This is despite the...