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Opinion: Naturalising Wealthy Syrians

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 13, 2016 | Opinion

When the Turkish Prime Minister promised to grant Syrian refugees citizenship, each person interpreted this in their own way. His Turkish opponents opposed the decision and considered it an attempt to strengthen his position in the next election and gain the Syrian...

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Opinion: Terrorism – No One is Safe Anywhere

by Amir Taheri | Jul 8, 2016 | Opinion

When the first wave of terrorism linked to the Middle East started in the 1970s, the assumption in the West was that the disturbing phenomenon reflected Arab anger over the Israel-Palestine issue. By the 1980s, however, a new wave of terror had appeared, striking...

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Syrian Refugees Prepare For Long Term Exile at Jordanian Camp

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 24, 2016 | Middle East

Salaam Asha’ra and his family left Syria in early 2013, when no one expected that the civil war in their country would last for years without any signs of subsiding, creating the worst refugee crisis in the world since the end of World War II. Asha’ra’s family was...

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Forensic officers work on the site of a suicide bomb attack in Ankara, Turkey March 14, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Turkey Sums Cost of Conflict as Kurdish Militant Battle Rages on

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 31, 2016 | Middle East

Turkey’s ongoing conflict with Kurdish militants since July is said to have killed more than 5,000 people and destroyed at least 6,000 buildings that will cost approximately 1 billion lira ($340 million) to rebuild, according to a government estimate. Large...

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Syria: 30% Controlled by the Regime and ISIS and 21% by the Kurds and FSA

by Thaer Abbas | May 4, 2016 | Middle East

The flames of the Syrian city of Aleppo are still burning despite the Russian announcement made yesterday about the possibility of including the city in the truce which was agreed upon by Moscow and Washington at the end of last week. Meanwhile, international sources...