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Fighters of Al-Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Syria carry their weapons during a parade at the Syrian town of Tel Abyad, near the border with Turkey January 2, 2014. (REUTERS/Yaser Al-Khodor)
by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Jan 21, 2014 | Features
Akçakale, Asharq Al-Awsat—You could chart the path of the Syrian conflict through the wounds on Abdul Latif’s legs. The right one was studded with a series of pink depressions that climbed up from his ankle to his kneecap. “They are shrapnel wounds. I got them when I...
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Rebels from Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front waving their brigade flag on the top of a captured Syrian air force helicopter in Idlib province, northern Syria (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN, File)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 23, 2013 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS), an Al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group, has ordered all families in the Syrian city of Tell Abayad in the Raqqa governorate to either send a son to carry out jihad or pay a fine, Asharq Al-Awsat has...