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In this photo taken on September 5, 2011, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels patrol inside Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat province, on the southern island of Mindanao, the Philippines. (AFP Photo/Ted Aljibe)

Fighting erupts in Philippines as final peace deal nears

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 28, 2014 | World

Manila, Reuters—Philippine troops have killed about 17 members of a Muslim rebel faction, officials said, underscoring volatility in the resource-rich south as the government and the main rebel group enter the final, delicate stage of a peace process. The government...

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The mayor of Bangui, Catherine Samba-Panza, waves to National Transitional Council (CNT) members after being elected interim president of the Central African Republic on January 20, 2014, in Bangui. (AFP Photo/Issouf Sanogo)

Central African Republic chooses mayor as new leader

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 21, 2014 | World

Bangui, AP—Members of a national transitional council chose the female mayor of the Central African Republic’s capital to lead the country out of chaos on Monday, as a top UN official urged the international community to keep the nation from “crossing the...

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A photograph dated 06 December 2013 and made available by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) on 09 December 2013 shows a French armored vehicle patrolling a road during operation Sangaris, in Central African Republic (EPA/DENNIEL MELANIE/ECPAD).

Two French soldiers die in Central African Republic

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 10, 2013 | World

Bangui, Central African Republic, AP—Two French soldiers have been killed in combat in Central African Republic’s capital, President Francois Hollande’s office announced Tuesday, underscoring the challenges of a new French military intervention in the...

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Sunni gunmen clash with their Alawite neighboors in the al-Shaarani neighborhood in the Lebanese northern coastal city of Tripoli on November 30, 2013.

Syria-fueled violence kills three in Lebanon’s Tripoli

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 1, 2013 | Middle East

Tripoli, Lebanon, Reuters—Three people were killed overnight in fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, security sources said on Sunday, raising to nine the death toll in 24 hours of violence fueled by sectarian tensions over Syria’s civil war. The...

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A scooter drives past Lebanese army soldiers standing guard in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on October 29, 2013 as army deployed following a week of clashes between supporters and opponents of Syria’s regime. (AFP)

Lebanon: Assassination of pro-Hezbollah sheikh pushes Tripoli to the brink

by Sawsan Al-Abtah | Nov 13, 2013 | Middle East

Tripoli, Asharq Al-Awsat—Pro-Hezbollah Islamist leader Sheikh Saadedine Ghiyyeh was shot dead in Tripoli on Tuesday, reigniting fears of sectarian violence fueled by the conflict in neighboring Syria engulfing the northern Lebanese city. The Sunni cleric was a senior...