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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What if Marine Le Pen Wins French Elections?

Paris – What if far-right candidate Marine Le Pen wins the French presidential elections? A question asked by voters who oppose the far-right wing two weeks before the anticipated event, amid surveys suggesting that Marine Le Pen will make it to the second round. It is likely for the candidate

Sharjah Ruler Opens Laboratory for Cancer in London

Sharjah- Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council member and ruler of Sharjah and his Wife, Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, founder and royal patron of the Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP), inaugurated the ‘Sharjah Laboratory’ at the Francis Crick Institute in Lond

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Shayrat Attack… Significant but Insufficient

Last week’s morning was a turning point in the US dealing with the Syrian crisis. When 59 missiles Tomahawk were launched towards Shayrat airport, this was the first direct attack by the |United States on Bashar Al-Assad regime since the beginning of the revolution six years ago. The attack has stop

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Counter-Propaganda against US Strike on Syria

Reactions from Iran, Russia and Syria following the US attack on Shayrat military airbase were exactly as expected. Condemnation statements were issued. The US strike came in response to the Syrian regime’s mass murder chemical attack on civilians on Friday morning, the day everyone in the region su

Sweden Strengthens Border Controls

Stockholm, Brussels – Swedish television reported police sources saying that the police had arrested a second man after a truck drove into a crowd of people on the busy Stockholm shopping street Drottninggatan killing four people and injuring at least 15. The incident came just weeks after a suspect