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The prison entrance, Anjem Choudary appears in the frame. (Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic)

British Prison for Fundamentalists to Evade Spreading Extremist Intellect among Inmates

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 7, 2017 | World

London- British interior ministry sources have revealed that some highly dangerous fundamentalist members in British prisons were transferred last week to what has become known as the “British Guantanamo” in Durham, a step that falls under the government efforts to...

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German special police units leave an apartment building in the Wedding district in Berlin January 16, 2015. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

German Police Prepare for Protests at G20 Summit

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 23, 2017 | World

Some 7,000 anti-capitalist protesters are expected to converge on Hamburg next month for the G20 summit and police are bracing for violence, a German security official said on Friday. Leaders of the G20 leading economies will hold a July 7-8 summit in Germany’s...

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A man walks past flowers and tributes left for the victims of the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market in London, Britain, June 6, 2017. (Reuters)

UK Five Terror Plots since Westminster Attacks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 11, 2017 | World

London – The ringleader of the London attack last weekend tried to rent a 7.5-ton truck, British police have said, indicating the attackers were looking to carry out a larger-scale assault. The UK has thwarted five plots since the Westminster attacks in March,...

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Best frenemies forever? Photographer: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

Qatar…Test for Trump’s Anti-Terror Plan

by Eli Lake | Jun 3, 2017 | Opinion

Will this duplicitous nation cut off terrorist financing, or coordinate with the Pentagon, or both? For a brief moment it looked like President Donald Trump had done it. He got the leaders of six Gulf nations to sign a communique pledging to eradicate the financing of...

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Police officers block the access to the Champs Elysees in Paris after a shooting on April 20, 2017 (AFP Photo/FRANCK FIFE)

Gunman Opens Fire on Champs Elysees, French Police Officer Killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 20, 2017 | World

One police officer was killed and two others wounded Thursday in a shooting on Paris’s famed Champs Elysees, just days ahead of France’s presidential election, police said. AFP cited France’s interior ministry stating that the gunman was killed after...