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President of the Quilliam Foundation Noman Benotman. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Noman Benotman: Manchester Attack is an International Terrorist Operation

by Mohamed Shafei | Jun 4, 2017 | World

London – President of the Quilliam Foundation Noman Benotman stated that Manchester suicide attack on May 22 is the most violent attack by extremists on Britain in 12 years. He deemed the attack a first degree international terrorist operation according to the...

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Armed police officers stand on duty as participants in a fun run walk past in central Manchester, Britain, May 28, 2017. (Reuters)

UK Security Services Investigating 500 Potential Terror Plots

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 29, 2017 | World

London – British interior minister Amber Rudd revealed on Sunday that a number of affiliates of Salman Abedi, Manchester’s suicide bomber, are possibly still at large. Rudd’s statement followed Prime Minister Theresa May lowering threat levels from “critical” to...

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Salman Abedi, 22, the suicide bomber who killed 22 people after an Ariana Grande concert.

Manchester Suspect Returned from Libya ‘Days’ before Attack

by Mohamed Shafei | May 25, 2017 | World

London- British and French interior ministry sources revealed on Wednesday that the suspect of Manchester suicide bombing Salman Abedi, 22, moved between two Arab states before returning to the United Kingdom – French Interior Ministry said that the bomber most...

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People rush out of the Arndale shopping centre as it is evacuated in Manchester, Britain May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Darren Staples

UK Authorities Name ‘Salman Abedi’ as Manchester Suicide Bomber

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 23, 2017 | World

A man who killed 22 people in a suicide bomb attack on a crowded concert hall in the northern English city of Manchester was named by British police on Tuesday as 22-year-old Salman Abedi. “I can confirm that the man suspected of carrying out last night’s...