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In this Sunday, Jan 5, 2014 picture, a gunman aims his weapon during clashes with Iraqi security forces in Fallujah, Iraq. (AP)

Iraqi army clashes with militants near Fallujah

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 7, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, AP—Fierce clashes erupted Tuesday between Iraqi special forces and Al-Qaeda-linked militants outside the city of Fallujah, a flare-up in a days-long standoff in the Sunni-dominated western province of Anbar, Iraqi officials said. The fighting broke out about...

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A member of Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra mans checkpoint on border crossing between Syria and Jordan, in Daraa, on December 26, 2013. (Reuters/Ammar Khassawneh)

Syria: ISIS agrees truce, withdraws from Turkish border areas

by Nazeer Rida | Jan 6, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian opposition sources said on Sunday that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has agreed a truce to end the fighting which has raged since Friday between ISIS and members of other opposition groups in northern Syria. Yasser...

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Armed tribesmen deployed on the streets take control of the city of Ramadi January 4, 2014 (REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhadani)

Iraq: Battles continue for control of Ramadi, Fallujah

by Hamza Mustafa | Jan 5, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sunni tribal fighters backed by the Iraqi army continued to battle militants for control of the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah in western Iraq on Saturday and Sunday, following their seizure by militants earlier in the week. Iraqi security...

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Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman (L) and Defence Minister Fayez Ghosn arrive to attend a military parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Lebanon’s independence in downtown Beirut November 22, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)

Lebanese defense minister denies arrest of terror suspect

by Nazeer Rida | Jan 2, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn denied on Wednesday that the country’s security forces had arrested the leader of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, Majid Al-Majid, though other sources maintain that Majid is in custody. Majid’s group claimed...

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Iraqi security forces arrest 13 leaders from Al-Qaeda affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Anbar, Iraq, on December 14, 2012. (AFP/Stringer)

Iraq: Government continues offensive against ISIS

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 27, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi military operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has entered its second phase, with the country’s military chasing down Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Anbar province and other desert areas, an Iraqi military source...