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German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Friday. She spoke hours after Italian officials confirmed that police had shot dead Anis Amri. Photo: Hannibal Hanschke /Reuters

Italy: Berlin Attack Suspect Killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 24, 2016 | World

Rome, Berlin- Anis Amri, the lead suspect in the attack on a Berlin Christmas market, has been shot, according to the Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti. “The man killed was without a shadow of doubt Anis Amri,” Minniti said in a news conference....

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The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and Mayor Michael Müller of Berlin on Tuesday at the site of an attack that left 12 people dead.
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Berlin Attack Poses Toughest Test in Merkel’s 11 Years in Power

by Alison Smale | Dec 23, 2016 | World

BERLIN — She faced down a euro crisis that turned into an existential crossroads for the European Union. She confronted a Russian land grab in Ukraine. Virtually alone among her peers, she welcomed into her country roughly a million migrants who flooded across...

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts before she signs the condolence book at the Gedaechniskirche in Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2016, one day after a truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Berlin and Merkel Will Survive This Attack, Too

by Leonid Bershidsky | Dec 22, 2016 | Opinion

Nationalist politicians everywhere think they know exactly what happened on Monday night in Berlin, where a heavy truck plowed into a Christmas market, killing 12 and injuring 50. The police and prosecutor’s office, by contrast, don’t pretend to know...

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An elderly man lays down a candle in Berlin, Germany. (Picture: AP)

Berlin Attack: Reward of 100,000 Euros for Tunisian Suspect

by AlMunji alSaidani | Dec 22, 2016 | World

Tunisia- Germany’s Centre for Terror Defence (GTAZ) has issued on Wednesday an arrest warrant of Anis Amri, the main suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack. GTAZ promised a reward of 100, 000 euro for anyone who offers information that lead to the arrest of the...

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German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere and the Interior Minister of North-Rhine Westphalia Ralf Jaeger attend a meeting with Interior Ministers from Belgium, the Netherlands and several German Federal States on measures against cross-border crime at the city hall of Aachen, Germany October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Patrik Stollarz/POOL

Suspect in Berlin Attack was Identified to German Security Agencies

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 21, 2016 | Uncategorized, World

A Tunisian man suspected of involvement in a truck attack in Berlin was in contact with extremist militants in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and was known to German security agencies, the state’s Interior Minister said on Wednesday. “Security agencies...