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Chief of Libya’s U.N.-backed government Fayez al-Sarraj

Libya: ISIS’ Use of Families as Human Shields Delayed Liberation of Sirte

by Khalid Mahmoud | Sep 8, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-Forces loyal to the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) have announced that the liberation of Sirte was delayed due to the fact that ISIS has been using civilians as human shields. Speaker Aguila Saleh said that foreign interference had complicated the...

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Tareq Oubrou, the rector of the mosque of Bordeaux. (Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty Images)

A French Imam’s Argument for Why Islam Belongs in France

by James McAuley | Sep 8, 2016 | World

BORDEAUX, France — Tareq Oubrou is the leader of the Muslim community in a city famous for the earthy red wines that have made this region a household name — and that his followers are forbidden from sampling. But after three major terrorist attacks in two years and...

Battles Resume in Libya’s Sirte

by Khalid Mahmoud | Sep 7, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-Forces loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) have announced that battles against ISIS have resumed in Sirte, Libya, after a two-day suspension. The forces announced that they have also started combing the liberated areas to clear them of mines or...

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Soldiers on patrol in front of the Notre Dame cathedral in November 2015. Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images

Several Held after Car with Gas Cylinders Found in Paris

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 7, 2016 | World

A car packed with several gas cylinders was discovered close to central Paris’ Notre-Dame cathedral last Saturday and its owner, now in custody, is on an intelligence services watchlist of people suspected of religious radicalization, police officials said. The car...

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A tank of the Iraqi army is seen in the town of Qayyara , Iraq August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer/Files

France Deploys Artillery to Reinforce Iraqi Army

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2016 | Middle East

Paris-France said on Tuesday it was deploying artillery to Iraq to reinforce foreign military support for the Iraqi army’s expected push to recapture Mosul, which it has been occupying since 2014. “We decided to bolster our support of the Iraqi forces this...