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SDF spokeswoman Jihan Sheikh Ahmed, Asharq Al-Awsat

Tears, Joy & Devastation Fill Raqqa’s Post-ISIS Air

by Kamal Sheikho | Oct 18, 2017 | Features

Raqqa- Four months ago, Syria’s Raqqa found itself drenched in bloodshed as fierce and violent battles ripped through the former ISIS stronghold. When casually strolling down liberated areas, it becomes all the more evident how destructive the battles were. Homes...

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Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. (Reuters)

Long Thorny Road to Building a United Libyan Army

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Oct 16, 2017 | Features

Tripoli – In 2014, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar reunited the Libyan military forces after they became fragmented in wake of their country’s NATO-backed armed uprising against leader Moammar al-Gadhadfi. Under Gadhafi’s regime, the army included a little more than...

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A man watches a television broadcast of US President Donald Trump’s speech, in Tehran, Iran October 13, 2017. Nazanin Tabatabaee Yazdi/TIMA via REUTERS

Trump’s New Strategy on Iran Takes the Bull by the Horns

by Amir Taheri | Oct 14, 2017 | Features

London- After months of speculation and counter-speculation, US President Donald Trump has unveiled his long promised “new strategy on Iran.” The 1370-word text released by the White House on Friday morning is likely to surprise many, at times for opposite reasons....

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Lenin addressing troops at Red Square in Moscow in May 25, 1919. Getty images

The Red October: 100 Years Later

by Amir Taheri | Oct 11, 2017 | Features

London- This month marks the centenary of the 1917 Revolution in Russia which led to the foundation of the Soviet Union. Many in the Russian Federation will mark the occasion with special festivities. A majority of Russians have moved away from the Communist heritage....

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People gather at a makeshift memorial in the middle of Las Vegas Boulevard following the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, US., October 4, 2017. (Reuters)

Confronting ‘Lone Wolves’

by Emile Amin | Oct 9, 2017 | Features

Cairo – The recent shooting in the US city of Las Vegas demonstrated that the terrorism of “lone wolf” attackers is a major and terrifying danger. The massacre, the worst in the US’ modern history, left an unprecedented number of people dead and injured and officials...