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The Syrian National Coalition’s interim Prime Minister Ahmad Tu’mah (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Syrian Opposition PM: We plan to form a “Syrian national army”

by Thair Abbas | Oct 21, 2014 | Interviews

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Since the beginning of the uprising against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, the Syrian opposition has been plagued by infighting and division, both between radical Islamists and moderates, and within the ranks of the...

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ISIS militants with a captured Iraqi Army Humvee at a checkpoint outside Beiji refinery, in June 2014 (AP Photo)

Opinion: ISIS is real, not a nightmare

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Oct 21, 2014 | Opinion

Prior to June 6, Iraq’s former prime minister, Nuri Al-Maliki, treated warnings about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) with disdain, claiming reports about the group were meant to exert pressure on him. Although American drones were roaming across Iraqi...

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Smoke and flames rise over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Turkish-Syrian border, on October 18, 2014. (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach)

US airdrops weapons to Syrian Kurds

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 20, 2014 | Middle East

Ankara and Beirut, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkey said on Monday it would allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters to reinforce fellow Kurds in the Syrian border town of Kobani, while the United States airdropped arms for the first time to help the defenders resist an assault by...

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Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah speaks during a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim Al-Jaafari (R) in Baghdad, on October 19, 2014. (REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)

Arab League vows support for Iraq against ISIS

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 20, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Arab league Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby said the organization and its members would “defend all countries against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) advance” on Sunday, on a visit to Iraq’s capital. Speaking at a...

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Thick smoke and flames from a fire rises following a strike in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and ISIS, as seen from the Turkey-Syria border on October 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

US officials in contact with Syrian Kurds “for more than two years”: PYD spokesman

by Nazeer Rida | Oct 19, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Representatives from the main Syrian wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have been in contact with US officials “for more than two years,” an official spokesperson told Asharq Al-Awsat, adding that the talks had been kept secret by...