Beirut- Tension has escalated in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, Ain al-Hilweh, with the arrival of President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas to Beirut. Abbas is scheduled for a three-day visit to Beirut. Extremist armed factions nestled in the camp initiated a shootout incidenta
Sack the manager? Keep the manager? Sell your best player and import seven new ones, five on loan? Go warm‑weather training in Dubai? Cancel the Gulf trip? Switch to a sweeper system? Revert to a flat back four? Play two up front? Keep the faith with a lone striker? Go cold‑weather training in New Y
New York – The U.N. Security Council on Thursday renewed for one year a targeted arms embargo, travel ban and assets freeze against individuals and entities designated by the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) on Yemen’s rebels. The Council unanimously adopted resolution
Abu Dhabi – The 13th edition of the International Defense Exhibition and Conference, IDEX and the fourth Naval Defense Exhibition, NAVDEX, concluded on Thursday with a cumulative of 90 deals worth over AED19.1 billion signed to buy arms and defense systems for the UAE Armed Forces. The first day of
Singapore- People can now prepare themselves to control functions of appliances they use every day for food storing, cleaning, and entertainment through messages. They will be able to talk with their TV to change voice and picture settings, even in Arabic. In fact, these appliances are ready and clo
New York – United Nations aid agencies and donor countries gathered in Oslo Thursday for a two-day meeting to raise emergency aid for millions of people threatened by famine in several countries in Africa. The U.N. aims to collect up to $1.5 billion in commitments throughout 2017 to deepening food i
London- Cyber hackers who attacked websites of major financial institutions around the world belong to a criminal group, which seeks to imitate other Russian groups to confuse investigators. Researchers in BAE Systems for aerospace security said they received and analyzed samples of the malware, whi
Geneva – U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura successfully prevented on Thursday the failure of the fourth round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, after he convinced representatives of the Syrian opposition factions to sit together as a unified delegation at the opening session, which was
Riyadh- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo have discussed aspects of bilateral cooperation and the developments in the region. Farmajo’s trip to Riyadh was his first official foreign visit after his Feb. 8 election. Thursday
Britain has appointed Cressida Dick as the first woman to head London’s police force in its 188-year history, succeeding Bernard Hogan-Howe who steps down as Metropolitan Police Commissioner this month after five years in charge. Dick, 56, becomes the most senior officer in the country, headin
Sanaa- Houthi insurgents released on Thursday seven people detained for distributing aid in Yemen’s district of Hodeida, the Norwegian Refugee Council said on Thursday. “We are greatly relieved by the release of our staff members and the driver,” the organization said, according to Agenc
Mosul- There was still morning mist in the air when Iraq’s Rapid Response units began their push to take Mosul airport from ISIS on Thursday. Agence France Presse said that on a hilltop outside the village of Al-Buseif, the soldiers watched as helicopters fired rockets towards the airport and
As the battle for Mosul enters what looks like its decisive phase, Iraqi leaders face a number of certainties and uncertainties. The first certainty is that, in pure military terms, ISIS or Daesh in Arabic, cannot maintain its hold on the western section of Mosul for much longer. The next certainty
Three Championship clubs decided to replace their managers in the same week back in October. Cardiff City were second from bottom with only eight points from 11 games, so they brought in Neil Warnock to replace Paul Trollope. Derby County, who found themselves in 20th, having secured 10 points from
Cologne – Head of Germany’s Federal Bureau for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) Hans-Georg Maassen cautioned Wednesday that the number of extremists in the country is on the rise and that the threat of an attack remains high. “We are currently counting 1,600 people as potentially belon
Khobar – Saudi Aramco is considering discounted shares for local investors, sources reported to Bloomberg. The oil company has discussed ways to structure the offering, allowing Saudi buyers to receive the stock at a lower price than international investors. The company revealed that Aramco is
Amman – Jordan’s State Security Court sentenced nine men between 8 to 15 years in prison for involvement in alleged plots by ISIS and for promoting terror ideas in the Kingdom. Islamist groups’ lawyer Musa al-Abdallat, defending eight out of the nine suspects, told Asharq Al-Awsat that the ver
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels announced on Thursday that they had taken full control of the northern town of al-Bab from ISIS after weeks of deadly fighting. Turkey launched its Syrian operation, dubbed “Operation Euphrates Shield”, in August, in effort to push ISIS from its border and sto
El-Gamaleya – Memories ruled the eulogies of relatives and supporters of Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman as he was laid to rest in his hometown in el-Gamaleya, Egypt. The sheikh was serving a life sentence in the U.S. for conspiring in the 1993 New York bombings and hadn’t returned to Egypt since then. Abd
Riyadh – President of the German Federal Academy for Security Policy Dr. Karl-Heinz Kamp confirmed that Iran’s attempts to possess nuclear weapons pose a huge threat on regional and world stability. Kamp said that reports issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) showed that Iran
