Asharq Al-Awsat Editorial

Editorial desk and wire-service reports (AFP, Reuters, AP) as published in the Asharq Al-Awsat English Edition. This archive preserves the original text (2005–2017); attribution appears in the article dateline where provided by the source.

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Trump Meets Sisi, Hopes to Visit Egypt

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Riyadh that he hoped to visit Cairo soon. Trump, on his second day of his visit to Saudi Arabia, told Sisi: “I will get to Egypt. We will absolutely be putting that on the list very soon.”

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Yemeni Forces Arrest 13 Militia Leaders in Lahij

Aden – Saudi-led Coalition backing Yemeni legitimacy intensified its air raids on military clusters of Houthi and Saleh militias in Sana’a and Hajjah governorate. Meanwhile, popular resistance in the northern parts of Lahij, south Yemen, captured 13 insurgency leaders and militants. Military s

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Iran: Trump and Allies Face 3 Choices

What to do about Iran? The question has been posed by every US administration since 1979 when a group of “students” seized the American Embassy in Tehran and held its diplomats hostage for 444 days. In the four decades that followed, the Islamic Republic of Iran cast itself as the United States’ pri

Saudi Arabia Provides 50% of Arms Purchases by 2030

Riyadh- Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said that the agreement signed on Saturday with the US to localize the arms industry in the kingdom will provide 50 percent of the kingdom’s purchases of arms in 2030. He said that details of the agreement -one of many others with the US side-