![UK Will Face Terror Threat for Next 30 Years, Former MI5 Chief Warns](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/p05c38s7.jpg)
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Former head of the MI5 Jonathan Evans
![UK Will Face Terror Threat for Next 30 Years, Former MI5 Chief Warns](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/p05c38s7.jpg)
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Debris and fire is seen after an OV-10 Bronco aircraft released a bomb, during an airstrike, as government forces continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group, who have taken over large parts of Marawi City, Philippines June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
![Philippines Launches Offensive to Recapture Marawi from Militants](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/download-4-3.jpg)
Philippines Launches Offensive to Recapture Marawi from Militants
Philippine aircraft and troops launched on Tuesday a renewed push against Islamist militants entrenched in a southern city, with the aim of clearing the area by the weekend Eid festival, a military spokesman said. The offensive came amid worry that rebel...Caption:
A member of the Nusra Front climbs a pole where the al-Qaeda-affiliate’s flag was raised at a central square in the northwestern Syrian city of Ariha, in Idlib province, after a coalition of insurgent groups seized the area on May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
![Syria: Failure to Unite Extremist Factions Opens Door to Alternative Options](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/RTR4Y10S-2016-5-2_0.jpg)
Syria: Failure to Unite Extremist Factions Opens Door to Alternative Options
Beirut – The plan to merge extremist Islamic factions with moderate ones operating in north Syria has not seen light — Ahrar al-Sham and Noureddine Zanki movements stepped back in the project that aims to launch a new entity of 13 factions, a majority of...Caption:
Rifai Taha
![US Strike in Idlib Kills the Mastermind Behind the Assassination Attempt on Mubarak](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/taha.jpg)
US Strike in Idlib Kills the Mastermind Behind the Assassination Attempt on Mubarak
Several sources have confirmed that Rifai Taha (Abu Yasser), a leader of the Egyptian Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyya group, was killed in an American drone strike on the Al-Nusra Front in Syria. More than 20 militants were also killed in the strike. An official at the...Caption:
Tunisians shout slogans in front of the interior ministry headquarters following the assassination of leading opposition figure Mohamed Brahmi on July 25, 2013 in Tunis. (AFP/Khalil)
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