Cairo – Egypt’s interior ministry has finally admitted to the French reports that the suspect of the Louvre museum attack on Friday is Egyptian. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Saturday, through which it expressed Egypt’s condemnation of the attack that took place on Frid
London- “Al-Qaeda sleeper cells in Arabian Peninsula woke up to the victory achieved by the legal government and the Arab Coalition as well as international changes including the new U.S. stance towards the Iranian policy and its allies in the region,” commented Yemeni writer Najib Ghallab on the la
Cairo- Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, met on Saturday in Abu Dhabi with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who conveyed a verbal message from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to UAE President Sheikh Khal
Cairo- Fitch Ratings has downgraded Tunisia’s long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings to ‘B+’ from ‘BB-’. The outlook is stable. The agency explained this by “the collapse of tourism in the context of elevated security risks, slowdown in investment amid frequent government change
Birut- Some of Syria’s Christians fear that their existence in the post-war Syria would be threatened, particularly following the latest political and military developments accompanying the crisis. Those Christians expressed their worries after they were ruled out from the upcoming Geneva talks as a
Manama – Bahraini Fourth Criminal Court announced that a hearing will be held on February 28 to review the case of 10 suspects involved in terrorist crimes and trained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and Iraqi Hezbollah. Chief of Anti-Terror Crime Prosecution, Attorney-General Ahmed al-Hammadi said th
BEirut- The Royal Air Force jets bombed different ISIS targets in southern Syria on Friday night, killing and injuring several members of the terrorist group and destroying vehicles, the Jordan Armed Forces announced in a statement Saturday. “Drones and precision-guided munitions were used in the ai
Cancer is not an inescapable fate. But while prevention can save millions of lives much more cheaply than treatment, it remains an underfunded, much-neglected weapon in the anti-cancer arsenal, experts say. Some 14 million new cancers are diagnosed each year, according to the World Health Organizati
A Revolutionary Guards commander said Iran would use missiles if its security is under threat, as the elite force defied new U.S. sanctions on its missile program by holding a military exercise, reported Reuters on Saturday. “If we see smallest misstep from the enemies, our roaring missiles wi
Iran is holding a military exercise on Saturday in a show of defiance a day after the United States imposed sanctions over a ballistic missile test launch last weekend. The Revolutionary Guards said that the missiles deployed for Saturday’s exercise would only be of very short range — up
U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters said on Saturday that they had started a new phase in their campaign for the ISIS-held Syrian city of Raqqa, aiming to sever the road to militant strongholds in Deir al-Zor province, but stressed they needed more weapons to win. The Syrian Democratic Forces laun
A Seattle federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary, nationwide halt to U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, in the most severe legal blow to the controversial measure. The restraining order issued by Seattle U.S. District J
In reaction to the test-firing of a missile earlier this week, the United States administration has directed a serious warning to Iran. President Donald Trump’s office said it was “officially putting Iran on notice.” Empowered by the U.S. House of Representatives, Trump said that nothing is “off the
London- Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.2% in 2016, the country’s Federal State Statistics Service, also known as Rosstat, said in a report on Wednesday. This preliminary estimate is more optimistic than that of the economy ministry which estimated that 2016 GDP fell 0.6%. Rosstat ha
Beirut- Developments rolling in northern Syria include an exceptional race between the United States and Russia as to which superpower will provide air cover for the operation on liberating ISIS-held al-Bab town, located 40km northeast of Aleppo. The Russian air force has provided aerial support for
Art lovers returned to the Louvre in Paris on Saturday, a day after a soldier shot a machete-wielding attacker at the museum, believed to be an Egyptian who entered the country a week ago. The incident on Friday thrust security and the terror threat back into the limelight, with authorities saying i
Tunis- A Tunisian man, who was extradited by Germany to Tunisia, has admitted to having links with the slain suspect of the deadly Christmas market attack in Berlin. Anis Amri rammed a truck into the crowded market in Berlin on December 19, killing 12 people, before being shot dead four days later b
Mexico City- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro granted his new Vice President Tareck El Aissami new and broad powers through presidential decrees, only a few weeks after he was assigned his post. These powers, according to observers, could boost Aissami’s political potentials and prepare for the p
Baghdad- Infrastructure reconstruction for the Iraqi Anbar Governorate, encompassing much of the country’s western territory, has put forth a stupendous figure, judge Ibrahim al-Janabi told Asharq Al-Awsat. Baghdad has not allocated funds for infrastructure reconstruction within the national b
Beirut- Lebanese civilians have attacked two United Nations peacekeeping patrols in separate incidents in southern Lebanon, causing material damage, the mission announced Friday. “Two UNIFIL patrols in the general area of Al Mansouri-Majda Zun (Sector West) were obstructed by groups of aggressive me
