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Trucks are pictured after crossing the border between Iraq and Turkey as vehicles wait in line to pass Habur border gate near Silopi, Turkey, September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Ankara Proposes an Alternative Border Gate to Baghdad

by Said Abdul Razzak | Oct 7, 2017 | Middle East

Sulaymaniyah, Ankara — Ankara plans to open an alternative border gate to replace the currently used Habur gate with Iraq’s Kurdistan and has asked Baghdad on Friday to help take the needed measures to prepare the new crossing border. Turkish Prime Minister Binali...

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Turkish Sources Deny Allegations That Syrian Refugees Are Being Killed

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Dec 7, 2016 | World

Turkish diplomatic and security sources denied reports stating that dozens of Syrian refugees including women and children were killed as they tried to cross into Turkish territory in order to escape the fighting in the areas that they inhabited in Syria. The sources...

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The King Fahd Causeway as seen from space. Source: NASA World Wind

Increased Traffic on King Fahd Causeway

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 25, 2013 | Business

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—As one of the highlights of the “megaprojects” of the Arabian Gulf, the King Fahd Causeway is some 16 miles (26 km) long. Unfortunately, queues and traffic jams can at times also reach this length, as Badr Al-Atishan, the director-general of...

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Two Israeli-Druze women look from the Israeli side at the Israel-Syria ceasefire line in the Golan Heights at smoke rising where clashes appeared between Syrian rebels and forces loyal to the regime near the Quneitra crossing on June 6, 2013. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Syria conflict spreads to the Golan Heights

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 7, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut/London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The battle continued to rage in the Golan Heights yesterday following a sudden offensive by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to take control of the Quneitra border crossing from Assad regime forces. Ultimately, the Syrian rebels were only able...

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Palestinian flags flutter at the closed gate of the Rafah crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip. Source: AFP Photo/Said Khatib

Egyptian official: All options open in dealing with Sinai soldiers’ kidnappers

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | May 19, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo/Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat—North Sinai security chief Gen. Samih Beshadi said yesterday that all options are now open in dealing with the kidnappers of the seven Egyptian soldiers. This comes in conjunction with the continuing closure of the Rafah Crossing with Gaza...