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Residents inspect damaged ground after a shell fell in the opposition-held town of Jarjanaz, southern Idlib countryside, Syria March 5, 2016. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
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Syrian opposition fighters examine a shell that landed in the northern countryside of Daraa and Quneitra yesterday (Reuters)
US Department of State to Asharq Al-Awsat: The Syrian Truce is a Step Towards Political Transition
While the US Secretary of State John Kerry announced yesterday that Washington and Moscow have agreed on a plan for a ceasefire in Syria starting at midnight on Friday with the exception of bombing ISIS and the Al-Nusra Front, an official at the US State Department...Caption:
A picture of the incident captured by CCTV on Tuesday (the internet)
Man in His Eighties is Accused of Attempted Murder by Pushing a Woman Wearing Hijab into an Oncoming Train in London
A press officer for the British Transport Police, Jimmy Thomas, said in a statement to “Asharq Al-Awsat” that Yoshiyuki Shinohara, the pensioner who pushed a woman towards an underground train at Piccadilly Station last Tuesday is currently in custody charged with...Caption:
Algeria’s female soccer team players pose before their return match with Morocco in the African Nations Football Championship Ladies CAN 2014 on March 1, 2014 at the Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat, Morocco. (AFP Photo/Fadel Senna)
FIFA officially allows headscarves, turbans for players
Zurich, AP—Soccer’s global governing body FIFA will officially allow male and female players to cover their heads during soccer matches for religious reasons. The decision was approved a meeting of the sport’s rules-making panel, the International Football Association...Caption:
Veiled women take part in a demonstration in Paris in this May 18, 2013. France bans the wearing of niqabs—veils which cover the full face—in public. (AFP PHOTO/FRED DUFOUR)