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Police officers stand near a cinema in Viernheim near Mannheim, southern Germany. (Photo: AP)

Officials Found List of Targets with 5,000 names in East German Raid

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 10, 2017 | World

Berlin- German officials found lists with over 5,000 names of possible targets, including over 100 politicians, during the raids on the homes and workplaces of two terrorism suspects in the east German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern last week, Reuters quoted the Die...

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The Kingdom Tower stands in the night above the Saudi capital Riyadh November 16, 2007. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (SAUDI ARABIA) – RTX1NKK

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE, Bahrain Issue a Joint Statement on Combating Terrorism

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 9, 2017 | Middle East

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and the Kingdom of Bahrain are unified in their ongoing commitment to combating terrorism, drying up the sources of its funding, countering extremist ideology and the tools of its...

OIC Stresses Coherence of Counter-Terrorism Strategies with International Law

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | May 10, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stressed on Tuesday the importance of ensuring that the member states’ counter-terrorism strategies are in line with International Humanitarian Law, noting that defeating terrorists first requires...

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United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while counter-terrorism Ben Emmerson in a press conference in Riyadh on May 4, Photo taken by : Bashir Saleh

UN: Saudi Arabia Actively Combats Extremism, Faced over 1,000 Terror Plots

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | May 5, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while counter-terrorism Ben Emmerson said Saudi Arabia suffered greatly from terrorism targeting its military and security institutions and civilians...

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Major-General Mark Hertling (C), the commander of the U.S. forces in northern Iraq, walks during a battlefield circulation patrol on the streets in Mosul, June 19, 2008. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Iraqi Forces Consider Alternatives for ISIS Families in Eastern Mosul

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 29, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad- Mosul- Suggestions hint that sleeper cells belonging to terror group ISIS and lone wolf militants are present and embedded among civilians in the recently liberated eastern Mosul, Iraq. Security forces announced planning stringent sweeping measures, holding...