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Children play with water from a burst pipe after an airstrike. At least 114 children have been killed in east Aleppo during September Credit: REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

UNICEF: 100,000 Children under Siege in Eastern Aleppo Alone

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 28, 2016 | Middle East

London- The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, the world body answering to despaired children worldwide, said that it estimates that 100,000 children are living under siege. As violence continues to escalate across Syria, the number of children living under...

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Mosque Minaret in Palestine (AFP)

Imams’ Mosques will not Apply Israeli Bill to Silence Calls to Prayer

by Kifah Ziboun and Nazir Majli | Nov 15, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv and Ramallah – Palestinian leaders and imams’ mosques denounced Israeli draft bill to silence call to prayer, saying it is racist and threatens Muslims’ right to freely practice their faith. Sheikh Yusuf Baz, Imam of Lodd Mosque, said that this bill is...

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Sharbat Bibi

‘Mona Lisa of Afghan War’ Returns back Home

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 5, 2016 | World

Islam abad -A Pakistani judge ordered the deportation of Sharbat Gula, “Afghan Girl” whose 1985 photo in National Geographic became a symbol of her country’s wars. The police official said the girl known by her greens eyes was arrested after she was...

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Opinion: Will There be a Turkey – Iraq War?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Nov 3, 2016 | Opinion

The political situation between Turkey and Iraq is at its worst. The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated that his forces “will strongly participate in liberating Mosul” from ISIS. The Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi responded by saying “We will...

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Incomes in Damascus Are Disrupted When War in Aleppo Intensifies

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 2, 2016 | Middle East

Life in Damascus becomes financially difficult and prices rise when fighting in Aleppo intensifies. Despite the fierce war that is raging in Aleppo, it is still the economic capital of Syria. A wholesaler in Damascus says that “the markets are affected by what is...