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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Clogs Fight for Heritage in Netherlands

Amsterdam, London- Only about 30 Dutch clog-makers still remain in the country, fighting to save a dying craft with the wooden shoes, and to preserve their profession that survived over generations. Even though clogs have been made for centuries across many countries such as in France and Britain, t

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Can Arabs Change Russian Position on Syria?

During the Soviet Union era, the Arab relations with Moscow were mostly positive given their similar stances in many matters, mainly the Palestinian cause. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, vacuum was all over the Middle East which is geographically far from the union and the region was do

ISIS Lost Majority of Territory it Had Seized in Iraq

The ISIS militant group has lost more than three-fourths of the territory it had seized when it swept across Iraq in 2014, the military announced on Tuesday. At the height of its power, the group controlled about 40 percent of Iraq, joint operations command spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Rasool t

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Bank of England Libor Scandal

Cairo – Amid the tough times Britain has to face, British Broadcasting Company (BBC) published secret recording that implicates the Bank of England (BoE) in Libor rigging. The recordings date back to 2008 and show that the central bank pressured commercial banks during the financial crisis to push t

Syria… What about Israel?

In response to the US missile attack against al-Shayrat airbase – controlled by Assad regime- the so-called joint command center (Russia-Iran-Assad) besides other armed groups including the terrorist “Hezbollah” announced that the US attack has crossed “red lines” and “from now on, we will respond f