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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Saudi Arabia to Train Million Citizens via Doroub

Riyadh – The Ministry of Labor and Social Development in Saudi Arabia affirmed that it aims to raise the number of Saudi beneficiaries from Doroub Program to one million beneficiaries by 2020. This step falls under the ministry’s plans to accomplish targets of the National Transformation 2020

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US Claims Syria Strike, Denies Targeting Mosque

The US said it carried out an air strike in Syria’s northern province of Aleppo against an Al-Qaeda meeting but denied deliberately targeting a mosque where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday 46 people were killed. The Britain-based Observatory said most of the dead in the Thursd

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Morocco’s King Replaces PM Benkirane

Rabat- Moroccan King Mohammed VI is replacing Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane and will ask another member of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) to form a government after five months of post-election deadlock, a statement from the royal cabinet said on Wednesday. “The king has repea

Iran Policy: Pre-emptive Surrender is No Option

Earlier this month, the daily Kayhan, reputed to reflect the views of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the “Supreme Guide” of the Islamic Republic, published an essay about the “containment” strategy that US President Harry S Truman adopted vis-a-vis the Soviet Union in the late 1940s. Kayhan justified givin

New Evidence in the Mysterious Death of Jane Austen

London – The British Library has announced several pairs of glasses found in Jane Austen’s writing desk may reveal what caused the early death of the one of the world’s most-loved authors. On July 18, 1817, novelist Jane Austen died at the age of 41. Much of Austen’s medical biogra

Lebanon: Tax Hike, Corruption Spark Popular Anger

Beirut- A salary scale requested by Lebanon’s civil servants and public school teachers turned on Thursday from being a positive development to a curse that would damage the middle and poor classes, including public sector employees. Late on Thursday, angry protestors rushed to the streets of Beirut

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Type 2 Diabetes Can Be Reversed in Four Months

London – Canadian scientists announced that they have conducted trials that prove that Type 2 diabetes can be reversed. Trials were held at Canada’s McMaster University in Ontario where patients were put on a regimen of exercise, a lower daily calorie intake, and medication or insulin to contr

Beirut Cinema Days Festival Sheds Light on Immigration

Beirut- The schedule of Beirut Cinema Days’ ninth edition has been announced at a press conference held at the Smallville Hotel in Beirut’s Badaro Street. This festival kicked off on Wednesday with “Rabih” (Tramontane) directed by Lebanese filmmaker Vatche Boulghourjian. “Rabih” was first screened a

Netherlands Squashes Far-Right

Amsterdam, Ankara- The Liberal Party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte emerged the victor of Wednesday’s Dutch election, putting an end to what several Europeans considered an expansion of the far-right Party for Freedom represented by his opponent Geert Wilders. Rutte’s VVD Liberal Party won