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Smoke rises from the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad’s Sadr City March 19, 2013. Source: REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili
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Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Iraqi authorities say two car bombs have killed several people and wounded scores of others in the country’s south. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
Basra Suffers Simultaneous Terrorist Attacks
Basra, Asharq Al-Awsat—Basra, southern Iraq’s largest city and the country’s only seaport on the Gulf, was subjected to two simultaneous terrorist attacks yesterday, leaving 10 dead and 18 wounded according to security and medical sources. Ali Al-Maliki, head of the...Caption:
Syrian National Coalition leader Moaz Alkhatib speaks to the media after meeting with Arab League head Nabil al-Arabi in Cairo February 11, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih
Syrian National Coalition Says No Deal for Assad
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The opposition Syrian National Coalition announced that it is willing to negotiate a peace deal to end the civil war ravaging the country, but insisted that President Bashar Al-Assad must step down and cannot be offered any settlement. This...Caption:
Iraqis inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad’s impoverished district of Sadr City on February 17, 2013. (AFP)
Iraq: Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Wave of Bombings
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq has claimed responsibility for a wave of bombings that targeted Shiite areas of Baghdad, killing 28 people yesterday. The terrorist organization said that it was taking revenge for perceived state...Caption:
A Syrian carries a revolution flag during a Friday protest in Aleppo, Syria, where young people and children sang songs against Bashar Assad and the Syrian regime, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012.(AP Photo/Virginie Nguyen Hoang)