Brussels- Participating at a symposium on Yemen in Brussels, researchers said Tuesday that the need to pressure insurgency militias in Yemen to renounce Iranian interference is now more than ever integral to resolving the crisis. Themed as “The New Dimension in the Middle East, Yemen as a case
Turkey called Thursday for the removal of Brett McGurk, the US diplomat coordinating the international coalition fighting ISIS, after it accused him of backing Syrian Kurdish militia, a move that would likely aggravate tension between Ankara and Washington. Washington and Ankara are bitterly at odds
Jeddah- Yemen’s Houthi coup militias have relocated a large number of their armed insurgents to Saada governorate, pumping medium range arms at an unprecedented rate to the area, said Yemen army forces. Shoring up their posts in the northwestern governorate is the main objective of the militiamen mo
Cairo- Chief of Staff of Egyptian Armed Forces Lieutenant-General Mahmoud Hijazi arrived on Wednesday in the eastern Libyan port city of Benghazi, on the first official visit by a senior Egyptian military official to Libya since the fall of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Hijazi’s visit came
Riyadh, Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and King Abdullah II of Jordan called for reviving serious effective peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians while stressing the need to maintain Jerusalem’s historic status. The two leaders met in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss deve
Riyadh – Secretariat General of Saudi Senior Scholars Council stressed the importance of convening the Arab-Islamic-US summit to achieve the aspirations of the peoples around the world for security and peace. The Secretariat reiterated that Islam is the religion of peace and mercy to the whole manki
London- With less than a day left for the Iranian presidential elections, anger bubbling up among Iran’s non-Persian minorities on deteriorating living conditions threatens to undermine the legitimacy of holding elections in the first place. Small ethnic pockets in Iran present one of the most debat
Beirut- The recent announcement of Lebanon’s “Hezbollah” that it was dismantling its positions along the Lebanese-Syrian border has not been met with implementation on the ground. Sources following up the party’s moves said that “Hezbollah” hasn’t made an actual withdrawal, but rather repositioned i
London- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has stressed the need for the Iranian Army to remain neutral during Friday’s parliamentary elections. In his last electoral speech in the city of Mashhad on Wednesday, Rouhani who is running for the elections as a “reformist” candidate, said that the armed fo
Rabat- Princess Lalla Salma, spouse of King Mohammad VI, inaugurated the “Face à Picasso” exhibition at the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMVI) in Rabat. The exhibition, which is a collaborative effort between the National Museum Foundation of Morocco (FNMM) and the National Mus
Makkah – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, patronized the graduation ceremony of a qualifying course on civil defense work in Makkah. During the ceremony, the Crown Prince presented certificates to the graduates from various specialties of
Beirut- International coalition ground troops were deployed on Wednesday from Tanf military outpost in eastern Syria to stage special operations against ISIS targets, Syrian rebel sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. Led by the United States, dispatched coalition troops included a tripartite of US-British-
Riyadh– Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday the establishment of a new national military industries company within the framework of Vision 2030. Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Public Investment Fund, said that “Saudi Arabian Military In
Jeddah – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received a cable from Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, the Emir of the State of Kuwait, in which he expressed Kuwait’s condemnation of the terrorist attack in al-Masoura neighborhood area in the province of Qatif. The
Taiz- The United Nations children’s agency has said that a cholera outbreak in Yemen has killed 209 people in recent weeks with 17,200 suspected cases across the country. UNICEF’s announcement on Wednesday came two days after the International Committee of the Red Cross said that 184 people ha
Paris- The 14th edition of the Moroccan properties expo “SMAP IMMO Paris 2017” held from 12 to 15 May, lured over 40,000 visitors from France and many European countries. Organizers considered this edition the most successful. The event held in Paris over a 10,000 square meter surface saw the partic
London- Anthony Riemann, director of Corporate Strategy & Planning in General Motors Group, expected the car industry to see drastic changes within the coming decade. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Riemann said electric cars will soon hit the region. He stated that General Motors is ready
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny on Wednesday said he will step down once a new leader for his Fine Gael party is elected by June 2 at the latest. “I will retire as leader of Fine Gael effective from midnight tonight,” Kenny said, opening the way for a swift leadership contest. In a state
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced the heated rhetoric of Iran’s presidential election campaign on Wednesday as “unworthy”, criticizing President Hassan Rouhani’s attacks on his main conservative challenger. Khamenei’s intervention two days before Iranians
Amid exasperating controversy in the United States over Trump sharing classified information with the Russians, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow could provide a recording of the exchange between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US President Donald Trump. “If the US adminis
