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A man is reflected in a window draped with a U.S. flag across from the World Trade Center construction site in New York, September 8, 2011. National and city leaders will commemorate on Sunday the ten-year anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001 with a ceremony unveiling a memorial and museum. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES – Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY)

Somali-American Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Trying to Aid ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 15, 2016 | World

A Somali-American man in Minnesota was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for conspiring to support the ISIS terror group, reported local media. Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Davis sentenced Hamza Ahmed, 21, at a Minnesota courthouse, according to the...

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A Houthi fighter screens members of the Yemeni presidential guards who are wearing civilian clothes, as they leave the presidential palace with their belongings in Sana’a January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Embassies Exodus from Sana’a Begins, Somalia the 1st to Move to Aden

by Arafat Madabish | Nov 9, 2016 | Middle East

Aden-Somalia was the first country on Tuesday to relocate its embassy from Sana’a to the temporary capital of Aden. Yemen welcomed the decision and called on other states to follow suit. A high-ranking source at the Yemeni foreign ministry said the Somali move is...

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Somali men parade as members of al Shabaab in the capital Mogadishu, March 5, 2011, as they prepare to fight government forces. The African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia (AMISOM) captured a key position from al Shabaab rebels in the capital, losing several troops in the fighting, REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Al Shabaab Hardliners Seize Town from Somali Government

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 30, 2016 | World

Extremist group, al Shabaab, seized a town northwest of Somalia’s capital from government forces on Sunday, the latest small center taken by the militant group trying to topple the country’s internationally-backed government. African Union and Somali...

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Relatives carry the body of their kin killed in an attack at beachside restaurant Beach View Cafe on Lido beach, in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, January 22, 2016. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Clashes in Somalia Kill 7 Soldiers

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 23, 2016 | World

Over seven people were reported killed in a weekend fighting between soldiers from two semi-autonomous regions of Somalia, officials from both sides said on Sunday, sparking fears of wider conflict. The clashes which broke out on Saturday pitted forces from Puntland...

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Migrants who were rescued from a boat that capsized in the Mediterranean Sea are pictured in Al-Beheira, Egypt, September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Death Toll in Migrant Shipwreck off Egypt Rises to 202

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 27, 2016 | World

Thirty-three bodies were found on Tuesday as a wreck of boat that sank off Egypt last week with hundreds of migrants aboard was recovered from the depths, raising the confirmed death toll to 202, a local official said. The boat sank off the Mediterranean coast on...