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Libya: 20 ISIS Fighters Killed in New Battles in Sirte

by Khalid Mahmoud | Oct 22, 2016 | Middle East

Forces of the Libyan Government of National Accord’s Presidential Council announced that they have made important progress in the Al-Imaraat Sittumiah area and have seized control of large areas in the Al-Imaraat area in the coastal city of Sirte from the extremist...

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Twelve Afghan Soldiers Killed by Their Colleagues While They Slept

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2016 | World

An Afghan official said yesterday that up to 12 Afghan soldiers were killed while they slept by two of their colleagues at a site near the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan. Sher Aziz Kamawal, a senior police commander in Kunduz, said that the two soldiers, who...

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Afghanistan: Officials Accuse the US Military of Killing Eight Policemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 21, 2016 | World

Local Afghan officials said that US forces killed eight Afghan policemen in raids that were meant to protect them from a rebel attack on a police post in the south of the country on Sunday. This incident in the troubled state of Uruzgan is the first of its kind since...

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French Extremist Kills British Woman and Injures a Man in Australia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2016 | World

A 21-year-old British woman, Mia Ayliffe-Chung, was killed and a man was seriously injured when a French citizen stabbed three people whilst shouting “Allahu Akbar” in a hostel in Australia, according to reports. Police are investigating the incident that occurred...

Fleeing Syrian Grounds, 11 Asylum Seekers Dead

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 19, 2016 | Middle East

Activists and a monitoring group on Sunday reported the death of at least 11 Syrians, mostly from one family, attempting to cross into Turkey from northwestern Syria. The reports accused Turkish border patrol responsible for the shooting which took down the refugees....