General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has issued a decision – effective immediately- banning all Qatari airlines and aircraft from landing at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s airports, Saudi Press Agency reported. It also prevented all private and commercial airlines registered in the
Manama – Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior announced on Sunday that the hacker of Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa’s Twitter account has been identified. The investigation identified the hacker as a fugitive terrorist living outside of Bahrain and whose nationality had been rev
I initially wanted to write about June 05, 1967. I wanted to discuss the half century of degeneration from the Naksa to the Nakba we are drowninng in today. This Nakba is more horrific than that we witnessed after Palestine was occupied. I was planning to talk about what “historic leaders” did and h
Police in Britain spoke on Monday of a “new reality” after ISIS claimed a deadly attack in London, keeping the country’s terror threat level at “severe.” Saturday night’s rampage by three knife-wielding assailants, who rammed a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and stabbed others nea
Cairo – At a time when Egypt witnessed the horrific terrorist attack in al-Minya and when Britain’s Manchester was still reeling from its own terror assault, Bibliotheca Alexandrina released a very important book that tackles terrorism. In his book, “The Psychological Explanation of Extremism and Te
Cairo – Some have said that the June 5, 1967 defeat to Israel was a cultural defeat in the first degree. It was a defeat of mentalities and practices of a culture that had been present for several years and that had paved the way for the causes of the defeat, which seemed inevitable. It […]
Beirut – Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri promised on Sunday to hold a cabinet session in Tripoli to endorse the city’s much-needed development projects. Speaking during a “Ramadan Suhour” held in his honor by former Minister Mohammad Safadi in Batroun, Hariri said: “Today, a new atmosphere p
Riyadh- The Yemeni government has announced its support to the UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh’s proposal on insurgent militias withdrawing from Hodeidah in light of the peace talks that were sponsored by the UN in Kuwait in 2016 and approved by the Yemeni government. In a statem
Moscow- Russian authorities have announced the suspension of the ban previously endorsed on Turkish food exports to the Russian markets, along with a warning concerning tourism trips to Turkey. But, the lifting excluded the exports of Turkish tomato, and discussions will be continued in this regard.
Cairo – Sudan’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ibrahim Ghandour underlined the “very special and strategic ties” with Egypt, despite some tensions that surfaced lately between the two countries. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper in Cairo on Sunday, Ghandour said that the two African states ha
Berlin- A new report showed that users of smartphones that operate with Android systems in the United States download more apps that iPhone users, but they are less likely to download more expensive apps. The report released by Market researcher Sensor Tower showed that on average Android users in t
Riyadh-Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has defended Iran’s intervention in Iraq and Syria, saying it aims at combating terrorism. In his statements to pro-General People’s Congress journalists, Saleh, who heads the party, expressed his support to Iran’s meddling in Arab states. In
Jeddah – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz has received at al-Salam palace in Jeddah the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States, Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani. During the meeting, they reviewed a number of issues on the GCC joint action. L
Mobily Business has recently signed an agreement with Microsoft Arabia. The agreement aims to provide Microsoft cloud services and productivity tools over the Internet such as, Office 365, Dynamics, Enterprise Security Suite, in order to fulfill the needs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in th
Ramallah – Fatah central committee official Jibril Rajoub’s recent remarks that Jerusalem’s Buraq Wall “must remain under Jewish sovereignty” sparked a wave of criticism among Palestinians. He told Israel’s Channel 2 television that he agrees that the Buraq Wall (Wailing Wall) should remain under Is
London- Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei defended on Sunday the executions conducted in Iran in the 1980s and indirectly criticized the statements of newly elected President Hassan Rouhani. Speaking at a gathering of senior officials in Tehran to mark the 28th anniversary of the death of rev
Irbil- The director of the districts and towns of Kirkuk province police department, Sarhad Qader, told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday that armed groups from ISIS and al-Qaeda have held meetings to establish a new organization in Iraq. “Armed fighters from ISIS, al-Qaeda and some terrorist organizations
Riyadh – Saudi Arabia severed its diplomatic and consular ties with Qatar “in order to protect its national security from the dangers of terrorism and extremism,” announced a government official. Out of Riyadh’s keenness to practice its sovereign rights, the Kingdom has also decided to close all lan
Beirut, Moscow- The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have captured Al-Baath Dam on the Euphrates River from ISIS, in their advance towards Raqqa city. The SDF’s latest move raised to three the number of major dams that the alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters controls. The SDF told Reuters its fighte
The Command of the Coalition to Support the Legitimacy in Yemen announced on Monday the suspension of Qatar’s participation over its practices that consolidate terrorism. In a statement, the coalition accused Qatar of supporting organizations in Yemen such as al-Qaeda and ISIS. It also said Doha was
