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Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. – Reuters

7 Flags and Total Chaos, 6 Years after Libyan ‘Revolution’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 17, 2017 | Features

Cairo- Six years ago, several Libyan military and security officials ​proposed to ​t​a​k​e ​urgent measures to stop the intifadas of Tunisia and Egypt ​from crossing Libya’s border despite the rejection of Muammar Gaddafi. When the danger grew, discussions on the...

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A 2014 image taken from a propaganda video allegedly shows the leader of the ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (AFP/Getty Images)

As ISIS Loses Territory, it Seeks to Survive Online

by Greg Miller | Feb 15, 2017 | Features

Washington – Al-Qaeda’s main affiliate in Iraq avoided extinction at the hands of U.S. and Iraqi forces a decade ago by backing away from military engagements and moving the remnants of its network underground until its reemergence as ISIS. That successor...

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People look at technology exhibits at the Museum of the Future, an innovation exhibition held at the World Government Summit, in Dubai February 10, 2016. REUTERS/Noah Browning

UAE: Unveiling Project to Establish Human Settlement on Mars

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 15, 2017 | Middle East

Dubai- The United Arab Emirates has unveiled a new project that aims to establish the first human settlement on Mars within hundred years. The initiative called “Mars 2117 Project” was announced on Tuesday by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the...

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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama observe a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House to mark the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, in Washington, Sept. 11, 2015. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Wrote 6,000 Words to Obama

by Mounir Al-Mawri | Feb 10, 2017 | World

Washington– A letter dated January 2015 to then-U.S. President Barack Obama by the self-proclaimed mastermind of September 11 attacks, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, described the former president as “the head of the snake” and blamed the rise of terrorism on U.S. foreign...

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Indian police personnel. AFP PHOTO / NOAH SEELAM

How ISIS Guides World’s Terror Plots by ‘Remote Control’

by Rukmini Callimachi | Feb 8, 2017 | Features

Hyderabad, India — When ISIS identified a promising young recruit willing to carry out an attack in one of India’s major tech hubs, the group made sure to arrange everything down to the bullets he needed to kill victims. For 17 months, terrorist operatives guided the...