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German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Friday. She spoke hours after Italian officials confirmed that police had shot dead Anis Amri. Photo: Hannibal Hanschke /Reuters

Italy: Berlin Attack Suspect Killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 24, 2016 | World

Rome, Berlin- Anis Amri, the lead suspect in the attack on a Berlin Christmas market, has been shot, according to the Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti. “The man killed was without a shadow of doubt Anis Amri,” Minniti said in a news conference....

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Moscow: Fall of Palmyra is “Blow to the Entire Civilised Humankind”

by Taha Abed alWahed | Dec 13, 2016 | Middle East

The Kremlin refused to consider the fall of Palmyra to ISIS once again as “a loss to Russia” and vowed that his country is working to expel it from the city. The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said yesterday that the “city of Palmyra is a Syrian city before...

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A member of the Houthi militia near vehicles destroyed by an airstrike in Sanaa, EPA

Houthi Militia Top Wardog Killed in Midi District

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 12, 2016 | Middle East

Taiz- Fierce clashes erupted between pro-government forces and insurgency militias in Yemen’s Hajjah governorate, located just off the western front of Sanaa. Fighting extended to Taiz as well, spreading across border territory shared with Saudi Arabia. Insurgency...

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Iraqi army fires towards Islamic State militant positions in Mosul from the village of Adhbah, south of Mosul, Iraq, December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Iraqi Forces Advance towards Central Mosul, Civilians Return to Liberated Areas

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 7, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad, London – Iraqi army units advanced toward the center of Mosul on Tuesday in an attack from the city’s southeastern edges following days of slow advancements. Iraqi television reported campaign commander Lieutenant General Abdul Ameer Rasheed...

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Yemeni Army Makes Advances in Various Governorates

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 17, 2016 | Middle East

Clashes in Yemeni provinces that are still controlled by Houthi militias and those loyal to the ousted president Saleh have intensified in light of the progress being made by the Yemeni army’s forces which are supported by the Saudi led Arab coalition’s aircraft....