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Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr speaks during a press conference in the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani)

Sadr calls for curbs on armed group

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 9, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Al-Sadr Movement leader, Muqtada Al-Sadr, has reiterated his demand for the Iraqi government to curtail the activities of armed militias in Baghdad. The controversial cleric called on the residents of Al-Kazimiyah district and his supporters...

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Members of armed revolutionaries stage a protest in front of the Libyan Justice Ministry in Tripoli April 30, 2013. (REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny)

Libyan Gunmen Continue Tripoli Ministries Siege

by Khalid Mahmoud | May 1, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The security situation in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, continues to deteriorate in the wake of an attack on the Ministry of Justice yesterday. Militiamen in pick-up trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns continue to surround the foreign and...

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In this Monday March 18, 2013 file image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian army soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video, File)

Syrian Air Strike Hits Lebanon

by Alex Edwards | Apr 4, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The civil war in Syria spilled over into neighboring Lebanon once again this week, with reports that a Syrian military aircraft attacked a Lebanese town on Wednesday. A Syrian helicopter is reported to have fired two rockets into the outskirts...

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

The Assadi Basij

by Tariq Alhomayed | Jan 20, 2013 | Opinion

It seems that the advice of Iranian General Qasim Sulaimani, commander of the Qods Force, has now begun to be applied in Syria. The Assad regime has announced the formation of a new military force named the National Defense Army, which will serve as a reservist force...

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FILE – In this November 12, 2010 file photo, Hezbollah fighters parade during the inauguration of a new cemetery for their fighters who died in fighting against Israel, at the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. U.S. officials said Israel launched a rare airstrike inside Syria on Wednesday. The target was a convoy believed to be […]

Source: Hezbollah training Shiite fighters in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 10, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut/London, Asharq Al-Awsat – Syrian Shiite sources confirmed to Asharq Al Awsat that Hezbollah and Iran are intervening in the Syrian crisis in order to “protect” Shiite towns, villages and religious shrines against the “Takfirists”. The sources revealed the...