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Iraqi soldiers prepare to go to battle against Islamic State militants at the frontline in Falluja, Iraq, June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Iraqi Senior Military Commander Killed While Fighting ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 15, 2016 | Middle East

A senior Iraqi commander was killed by sniper fire from ISIS militants near the northern ISIS-held city of Mosul, the extremist group’s main bastion in Iraq. The U.N. refugee agency warned that thousands of civilians have been newly displaced from that area....

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Security officials collect evidence from a damaged vehicle at the site of a bomb attack after a bomb blast in Jalozai camp iin Nowshera district, northwestern Pakistan March 21, 2013. (REUTERS)

Blast Kills 17 at Pakistani Camp for Displaced People

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 21, 2013 | World

Peshawar, Reuters—At least seventeen people were killed by a car bomb as they waited for food at a camp in northwest Pakistan for those displaced by fighting between government forces and Islamist militants, police said. The bomb exploded on Thursday in the Jalozai...

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Syrian refugee children peer from a tent supplied by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in al-Marj, in the eastern Lebanese Bekaa Valley. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia Highlights Humanitarian Assistance to Syrians

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 5, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is providing significant humanitarian aid and assistance to displaced Syrians in Lebanon, Saudi ambassador to Beirut said. Speaking exclusively to Asharq Al-Awsat, Saudi ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Awad Asiri,...