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Smoke rises after airstrikes on Aleppo’s Castello road, Syria June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail/File Photo

Escalation in Violence Cuts Aid, Food for Rebel-Held Parts of Aleppo

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 15, 2016 | Middle East

Aid has been locked out from rebel-held areas of Aleppo for the longest period since the Syrian civil war began due to an escalation in air strikes and bombardments, driving up food prices and hampering efforts to ease the plight of residents. “For the last few...

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A fighter of the ISIS group holds an ISIS flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul. REUTERS/Stringer

Iraqi Forces Attack ISIS Positions South of Mosul

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 12, 2016 | Middle East

Iraqi troops staged on Sunday an offensive against ISIS positions south of Mosul, which is the largest city under militant control. The step came as the U.S.-led coalition intensified its campaign against the militants on multiple fronts across their self-proclaimed...

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Shi’ite fighters fire a rocket toward ISIS militants on the outskirts of Fallujah, west of Baghdad. REUTERS/Stringer

Iraqi Forces Battle ISIS South of Fallujah

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 23, 2016 | Middle East

Iraqi forces clashed with ISIS militants near Fallujah on Monday, pushing them from some agricultural areas outside the city at the start of a military offensive aimed at freeing it from the terrorist group. Police 1st Lt. Ahmed Mahdi Salih said Monday that the ground...

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People and Civil Defense members remove rubble while looking for survivors in the ruins of a destroyed Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) supported hospital hit by missiles in Marat Numan, Idlib province, Syria, February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

U.N. Investigators Tell States to Stop Syria War Crimes

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 11, 2016 | Middle East

U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria issued a statement on Wednesday urging states supporting Syria’s peace process to stop the warring parties from attacking unlawful targets such as hospitals and other civilian sites. Air strikes, bombardment and rocket fire...

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U.S.-led coalition instructors monitor as they train Iraqi soldiers from the army’s 72nd infantry brigade while participating in a joint live ammunition exercise at Besmaya military base in south of Baghdad, Iraq, January 27, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

ISIS Kills U.S. Serviceman in Northern Iraq

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 3, 2016 | Middle East

ISIS militants killed on Tuesday a U.S. serviceman in northern Iraq after blasting through Kurdish defenses and attacking a town in the biggest offensive in the area for months, officials said. A U.S. defense official said the dead man was a Navy SEAL. The SEALs are...