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Clashes and Arrests in the Al-Aqsa Mosque at the End of Ramadan

by Kifah Ziboun | Jun 27, 2016 | Middle East

The fiercest clashes in months erupted inside Al-Aqsa mosque yesterday between worshippers and Israeli occupation forces that stormed the mosque accompanied by settlers who insisted on conducting “provocative” tours inside it. The clashes came at the beginning of the...

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Members of Turkish police special forces secure the area during the clashes with Kurdish militants in Yenisehir district of the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey December 24, 2015. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar

PKK Militants Kill Five Members of Turkish Security Forces

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 30, 2016 | Middle East

Militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have killed five members of Turkey’s security forces in separate attacks in the last 24 hours, security sources reported on Monday. The military responded by conducting air strikes in northern Iraq where rebels are...

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A young Palestinian man in a clash with Israeli police forces in Gaza City yesterday (Reuters)

Israel Crams an Entire Brigade to “Punish” Hebron

by Nazir Majli | Nov 21, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

The Commander-in-Chief of the Israeli Army Gadi Eizenkot ordered the transfer of the whole Kfir Brigade to the Hebron area, south of the West Bank, in order to punish its residents for operations which resulted in the death of 4 Jewish settlers on Thursday after it...

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Supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans and wave Egyptian flags during a protest outside al-Fath Mosque in Ramses square in Cairo August 16, 2013. (REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed)

At least 17 killed across country in Egypt clashes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 16, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, AP—Heavy gunfire rang out in the heart of Cairo as tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters took to the streets Friday across Egypt in defiance of a military-imposed state of emergency following the country’s bloodshed earlier this week. At...

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Lebanese army soldiers guard the entrance of the Bilal bin Rabah mosque in the Abra district of the southern city of Sidon on June 25, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID

Lebanese army controls Sidon as Assir flees

by Nazeer Rida | Jun 25, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Lebanese army took control of the headquarters of radical Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Al-Assir in Sidon on Monday after two days of fighting. The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) said the army took control of the buildings surrounding...