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US Secretary of State John Kerry (L), along with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (C), and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey (R), testifies before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on ‘Proposed Authorization to Use Military Force in Syria’ in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, 10 September 2013. (EPA/JIM LO SCALZO)

Opinion: On Syria, power lies with the legislature

by Ali Ibrahim | Sep 11, 2013 | Opinion

The 2003 Iraq war which led to an expensive US and UK military presence in the country is overshadowing the debates taking place in Western capitals about launching military strikes on the Syrian regime in response to accusations of crossing red lines and using...

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Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi before clashes with Egyptian security forces in Ramses Square, in downtown Cairo, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Opinion: The Privatization of the Arab Spring

by Ali Ibrahim | Sep 3, 2013 | Opinion

In his last speech on Syria, in which he sought mandate from the congress for a US military intervention in the embattled country, president Barack Obama pointed that “the hopes of the Arab Spring have unleashed forces of change that are going to take many years to...

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A Congolese government tank prepares to deploy for fighting against M23 rebels, at an operating base in Kanyaruchinya, north of Goma, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Joseph Kay)

UN helicopters fire on M23 rebels in east Congo

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 28, 2013 | World

Kinshasha, AP—United Nations helicopters fired on rebels fighting Congolese troops just outside a city of nearly 1 million people in eastern Congo on Wednesday, ratcheting up the UN’s role in Congo’s current conflict, officials said. The fighting began...

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An undated handout image released by Al-Andalus, the media branch of Al-Qaeda in the Magreb (AQMI) to the Agence Nouakchott Informations (ANI) on December 9, 2011 showing French nationals Philippe Verdon and Serge Lazarevic (R) being held by AQMI at an undisclosed loaction. (AFP Photo)

Al-Qaeda Media Arm to Answer Questions on Twitter

by Ben Leakey | Apr 1, 2013 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Al-Andalus Media Foundation, the media wing of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), announced on Saturday that it would ‘open the door’ to receive questions from the international media, as well as the general public, and that it would...

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In this Aug. 31, 2012 file photo, fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard in Timbuktu, Mali. (AP Photo, File)

Timbuktu Suicide Attack Reopens Front for French in Mali

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 21, 2013 | World

Bamako, Reuters—A suicide car-bomber killed a Malian soldier and wounded six others in a raid on the airport in Timbuktu overnight, just a day after Paris said a French-led campaign had nearly driven Islamists out of all of northern Mali. France said 10 Islamist...