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Israeli soldier Elor Azaria (R), who was caught on video shooting a wounded Palestinian assailant in the head as he lay on the ground, is comforted by his mother during a hearing at a military court in Tel Aviv on May 9, 2016.
Azria, who also holds French citizenship, was charged with manslaughter and unbecoming conduct over the March 24 killing that took place in the southern West Bank city Hebron. A widely circulated video showed Abdul Fatah al-Sharif, 21, lying on the ground, shot along with another man after stabbing and moderately wounding a soldier minutes earlier, according to the army. / AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ

Israeli Court Rejects Appeal of Soldier Convicted of Manslaughter

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 30, 2017 | Middle East

An Israeli martial court on Sunday rejected an appeal by a soldier convicted of manslaughter and upheld his 18-month prison sentence for shooting dead a prone Palestinian assailant, Israeli media reports said. All reports said military judges also rejected an appeal...

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Pakistani security personnel look on as firefighters extinguish a blaze which gutted a historical building in Ziarat, 80 kilometres southeast of Quetta, on June 15, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/Banaras Khan

Militants destroy house used by Pakistan’s founder

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 15, 2013 | World

Quetta, AP—Militants destroyed a historic house associated with the country’s founder early Saturday, shooting dead a guard, in a southwestern hotbed of ethnic nationalist insurgency, a police officer said. Attackers on motorcycles planted bombs at the 19th...

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Opinion: Debating the Woolwich murder

by Diana Moukalled | Jun 4, 2013 | Opinion

The brutal slaughter of British soldier Lee Rigby in London was not only shocking, it was also a horrible reminder of recent history, when there was controversy surrounding the integration of Muslims in European and Western societies and when extremist slogans and...

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Members of Somalia’s Al-Shabab militant group patrol on foot on the outskirts of Mogadishu in this Monday, March, 5, 2012 file photo. The slaying of a British soldier in east London raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government official said one of the two men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the group. Source: AP Photo

Kenya: UK soldier killing suspect arrested in 2010

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 26, 2013 | World

Nairobi, AP—A suspect in the savage killing of a British soldier on a London street was arrested in Kenya in 2010 near the East African country’s border with Somalia, an anti-terrorism police official said Sunday. Michael Adebolajo was believed to have been...

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Police officers stand near the cordoned off spot where a French soldier was stabbed in the throat in the busy commercial district of La Defense, outside Paris, Saturday May 25, 2013, and France’s president said authorities are investigating any possible links with the recent slaying of a British soldier. AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere

French soldier stabbed in throat outside Paris

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 26, 2013 | World

Paris, AP—A French soldier was stabbed in the throat in a busy commercial district outside Paris on Saturday, and the government said it was trying to determine if there were any links to the brutal killing of a British soldier by suspected Islamic extremists. French...