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Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad speaks during a new press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, January 26, 2014. (EPA/Salvatore Di Nolfi)

Geneva II faces political complications

by Mina Al-Oraibi | Jan 27, 2014 | Middle East

Geneva, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hopes raised in the last two days for an agreement to allow humanitarian aid into the old town in the besieged Syrian city of Homs during the Geneva II conference were quashed on Sunday when the Syrian government refused to allow humanitarian...

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A sharp increase in the number of al-Qaida linked fighters joining the fight against President Bashar Assad in Syria is threatening to spill over the borders and prompting the Jewish state to re-evaluate its policy of neutrality in the civil war next door, a senior Israeli intelligence official warned on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because military regulations prevent him from releasing the information, claimed more than 30,000 al-Qaida linked fighters are active in Syria, more than double previous Western estimates. (AP PHOTOS)

Bringing the War Back Home?

by Adhwan Alahmari | Jan 27, 2014 | Features

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—More than 2,000 Muslims from the United States and Europe have joined armed groups fighting in Syria, an increase from 440 such fighters at the end of 2011. Despite that 355 percent increase, foreign fighters from the West still represent no...