While Iran is fighting Saudi Arabia and Gulf states through its militias in Yemen and directly in Bahrain, and combats for its interests in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, reconciliation and peacemaking attempts continued between Iran and the Gulf States, prominently Saudi Arabia. Occasionally, calls for n
Ankara- Two courts in Turkey decided to jail five suspects, including four Iraqis, and release five other Iraqis in the framework of investigations held over ISIS activities in Sakarya, northwest Turkey, and Samsun, northeast Turkey. Security forces have found documents that prove the relation betwe
Riyadh- The interview with Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense aired on Saudi channels on Tuesday gave an important insight into the country’s economic future. In the televised interview, the Deputy Crown Prince affirmed that the kingd
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Thursday Irina Bokova, the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Saudi Press Agency reported. During the meeting, they discussed ways
London- Leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Qasim al-Raymi took about 60 days to engage in an extended dialogue in which analysts said he showed weakness and disarray. The Qaeda offshoot is said to face its darkest days in Yemen, analysts added. Up-to-date and official statements cred
Shelling and rocket fire on a UN camp near the airport in Mali’s troubled northern city of Timbuktu killed one person and wounded nine peacekeepers, the United Nations peacekeeping mission said late Wednesday. “A mortar and rocket attack was launched against the MINUSMA camp in Timbuktu,
Amman – Lawyer of extremists groups Musa al-Abdallat said on Wednesday that the number of Jordanians who joined ISIS, al-Nusra Front and Jund al-Aqsa (Liwa al-Aqsa) has exceeded 5,000 people and 80 percent of them have joined ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Abdallat told Asharq Al-Awsat that there are
China on Wednesday urged all parties in the Korean standoff to stay calm and “stop irritating each other,” a day after North Korea said the United States was pushing the region to the brink of nuclear war. North Korea’s state media published a rare, strong, criticism of China on We
London – Campaign tensions between outgoing president Hassan Rouhani and his rival candidate, Tehran’s conservative Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, escalated two weeks ahead of the May 19 presidential election. On Wednesday, Iranian Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi responded to Gha
Jeddah, Aden- An agreement has been reached in Jeddah in coordination with the United Arab Emirates to establish a high joint committee headed by Yemen and consisting of Saudi and UAE membership in order to enhance coordination among them, discuss obstacles hindering mutual goals and the interest of
French presidential candidates, far-right Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron, traded accusations as they disagreed over their vision of France’s future. The French rivals clashed over terrorism, the economy and Europe in an ill-tempered television debate. While Macron claimed his oppon
Kuwait – Kuwait’s Constitutional Court rejected on Wednesday the petition to annul the parliamentary elections of 2016, upholding the current legislative term. The court also rejected 47 appeals against the results of the last elections, declared Faraj al-Arbeed as the winner of the elections and ca
Britain’s Prince Philip, the 95-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, will retire from public engagements later this year, Buckingham Palace said Thursday, after a meeting it had called for sent British news organizations into a flurry of speculation. The Duke of Edinburgh, who turns 96 on J
Abu Dhabi- Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces has discussed with visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ways of bolstering bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues of mutual concern. She
Riyadh- Saudi Royal Court announced the death of Saudi Prince Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, reportedly in his nineties, on Wednesday. His funeral prayers will be held on Thursday at the holy grand mosque in Makkah after Isha (evening) prayers. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul
Moscow, Beirut – Tense caution dominated early hours of the Astana 4 negotiations on Wednesday. Expectations encompassed both positive and negative outcomes from the attempt at brokering peace in Syria. The Russian delegation was chiefly the optimistic party saying that a breakthrough could be
Iraq’s armed forces opened a new front against ISIS in the city of Mosul on Thursday, advancing on the jihadists’ enclave from the northwest, a military commander and officers said. The army’s 9th Armored Division and the Rapid Response units of the Interior Ministry were headed to
London- The first day in any new post must be full of stress and challenges. Yet, it is more challenging for a politician who has to spend his days in a news environment after experiencing parliamentary sessions and budgets for the British treasury. After the surprising announcement last month of be
Jeddah – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received at al-Salam Palace in Jeddah the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan, General Zubair Mahmood Hayat. During the meeting, they reviewed fraternal relations between the two countries and their peoples
United States President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to work on brokering peace between Israel and the Palestinians as he hosted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House. In their first direct meeting, Trump pressed Palestinian leaders to “speak in a unified voice against incitement
