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ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Reuters

Washington Names ISIS Branches in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Libya as Global Terrorists

by Heba El Koudsy | May 20, 2016 | World

Washington- The U.S. State Department announced on Thursday the designation of ISIS branches in Libya, Saudi Arabia and Yemen as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Such a move imposes sanctions and penalties on foreign persons that have committed, or pose a...

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A video released by ISIS’s official site claims to show ISIS recruits marching in an unknown location. AFP

YouTube Taking Down Millions of Terrorist Videos

by Mohammed Ali Saleh | May 17, 2016 | World

Washington- At a time when the bureaucracy of the U.S. government is slow in the internet war against ISIS, web giants, mainly Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, are shutting down thousands of terrorist accounts on a daily basis. U.S. experts had different viewpoints on...

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Pakistani guards search a car outside the U. S. Consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

US orders staff to leave Pakistan’s Lahore consulate

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 9, 2013 | World

Washington, AP—The State Department on Thursday warned Americans not to travel to Pakistan and ordered nonessential government personnel to leave the US Consulate in Lahore because of a specific threat to that diplomatic mission. In a travel warning, the State...

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In this photo released by Lebanon’s official government photographer Dalati Nohra, outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets with US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns at the government house in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

US official slams Hezbollah’s intervention in Syria

by Nazeer Rida | Jul 2, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns yesterday condemned Hezbollah’s participation in the war in Syria, and said that the US supported Lebanon’s policy of distancing itself from the Syrian conflict. Burns said: “[Hezbollah] has decided to...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the press following his meeting with Canada’s Foreign Minister John Baird (not pictured) at the State Department in Washington, February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Kerry to Visit Riyadh in March

by Zaid Bin Kami | Feb 21, 2013 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The US State Department yesterday announced that Secretary of State John Kerry will pay a visit to Saudi Arabia in the first week of March, as part of his first international tour since assuming office earlier this month. Kerry will meet with...