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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
by Thaer Abbas | Dec 23, 2016 | Middle East
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...
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer speaks about the company’s acquisition of Tumblr at a press conference in Times Square on May 20, 2013 in New York City. Source: Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 22, 2013 | Media
San Francisco, Reuters—Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer’s USD 1.1 billion acquisition of blogging service Tumblr will be a test of her ability to revive the aging Web portal. Luckily for her, her performance may be graded generously. Mayer faces plenty of...
