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Stanley Cohen, one of the defense lawyers for Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law and former spokesman of Al-Qaeda Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, speaks to media in front of the federal courthouse in Manhattan on September 23, 2014. (AFP/Yana Paskova)

Stanley Cohen: US government will target me until the day I die

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Dec 28, 2014 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Controversial US lawyer Stanley Cohen has found himself in the international headlines on a number of occasions this year. He defended Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law, Sheikh Suleiman Abu Ghaith; he defended himself in another courtroom on...

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A still from a video published by ISIS shows a militant who the French government says is Frenchman Maxime Hauchard, the government on Wednesday said they had identified a second French ISIS fighter. (AP Photo)

Second Frenchman likely on ISIS beheading video: govt spokesman

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 19, 2014 | Middle East

Paris, Reuters—France believes a second French militant appears on a beheading video released by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) at the weekend, government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said on Wednesday. Officials said on Monday that one of the men shown...

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File photo shows a fighter from Jabhat al-Nusra in front of a burning vehicle at their base in Raqqa. (REUTERS/Hamid Khatib/File)

Opinion: On combatting jihadism

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Feb 1, 2014 | Opinion

The Saudi scene remains confused when confronting extremism and terrorism. This is only natural after many years of trying to understand and define the phenomenon. The threat to the Kingdom from extremism and terrorism has been clear, from the infamous Grand Mosque...

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Demonstrators raise their fists during a demonstration on May 1, 2013. A strike stopped ferry services to the Greek islands and disrupted public transport in the capital Athens ahead of May Day protests Wednesday against Greece’s prolonged economic austerity policies. (AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINI)

Opinion: The end of politics

by Ghassan Al Imam | Jun 8, 2013 | Opinion

A love-sick widower wrote the following epitaph on his late wife’s tombstone: “The light of my life has been put out.” Having spent years in aching loneliness, the man fell in love with another woman, who provoked his desire for marriage. He then...

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Former prime minister Hamadi Jebali waves to reporters following the transfer of power ceremony to newly appointed Tunisian prime minister Ali Larayedh, unseen, in Tunis, Tunisia, on Thursday March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

Hamadi Jebali: A View from Tunis

by Nadia Al-Turki | May 19, 2013 | Interviews

Oxford, Asharq Al-Awsat—With Tunisian elections nominally scheduled to take place before the end of this year, there has been much focus on political divides and infighting in the country’s fledgling democracy. At the same time, Tunisia is dealing with a...