The playwright Bernard Shaw once said “I learned long ago not to engage in a quarrel with the media. It’s like wrestling with a pig. You will get dirty if you win or you lose. I apologise to my colleagues in the profession.” The American President Donald Trump has been the best at deceiving the [&he
AT last week’s annual International CES, one of the largest technology conventions, virtual reality goggles were hyped as a way to get a taste of the immersive 3-D technology. Yet many people may be able to sample virtual reality just by using their phones with the right apps. Start with the Within
Washington- CIA interest in the future of Syria began long time ago – the agency analysts expected stability to collapse once the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad is gone, which turned out to be true. Several reports and analyses were made on Syria, according to the recently declassified files b
Beirut – Several protests in different Lebanese areas have taken place against the Syrian competition in the market place. The protests come in the wake of the recent campaign launched by the Lebanese Labor Ministry to organize foreign employment in the country. Not to mention the several objections
Riyadh- Chairman of the Union of Arab Banks (UAB) Sheikh Mohammad Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah along with the rest of the body’s members agreed on awarding Samba’s Financial Group Chairman of Board of Directors Eisa Bin Mohammed AlEisa as “Arab Banker of the Year for 2017”.” The award is considered one
Riyadh- The Saudi stock market remarkably bounced back, recording an approximated 114 point-jump on Monday. Investment companies and international research experts now are conducting extensive probes on opportunities presented by the Saudi financial market. The increased investment attraction is par
Ramallah – Palestinians will not accept to return to the direct U.S.-sponsored bilateral negotiations, after Washington has proven not to be an impartial mediator, according to Member of Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Wasil Abu Yousef. Abu Yousef told Asharq Al-Aw
Beirut- Syrian political experts indicated that current geopolitical odds support that a Russian-Turkish agreement has been brokered, allowing Bashar al-Assad’s regime forces to enter al-Bab town located 40 km northeast of Aleppo, 30 km south of the Turkish border. Assad forces supposedly would be g
Amman – Ali Saleh Abu Sukkar, Sec-Gen Islamic Action Front (IAF) – Jordan, announced that it had decided to end its boycott for the dialogue with U.S. administration which began in 2003 following the invasion of Iraq. Sec-Gen of IAF, the political body of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, told Ashar
Abu Dhabi- Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and Central Bank of Sudan have signed an agreement that stipulates depositing AED1.47 billion (USD400 million) into the Central Bank of Sudan to secure increased liquidity and stimulate economic growth. The agreement was signed in the headquarters of
Cairo- Experts said that the West has faced a real crisis with the return of ISIS’ militants to their mother countries following the organization’s daily losses on its alleged Caliphate’s territories in Syria and Iraq. Experts considered that Western countries are not mainly concerned from the possi
Dubai – A report issued by the Bureau of Counter-terrorism in December showed that individuals who are religiously educated among ISIS’s members (among 4000 members involved in the report) were only 17.6%, which emphasizes a weak relation between these terrorist organizations and the deep reli
Cairo – At least five soldiers were killed by gunmen in Egypt’s Sinai, Peninsula, in the latest attack to hit the troubled area of constant battles with extremist organization linked to ISIS. “The armed forces mourn with great sadness and sorrow the five martyrs who were martyred in Sina
Ankara – Dozens of officers and soldiers went on trial in Istanbul for their alleged role in the failed military coup in July. Turkish authorities insisted that Fethullah Gulen, who resided in the U.S. since 1999, is the mastermind of the failed coup and they demanded the U.S. administration t
Aden- National army units officially announced liberating the key port city of Mocha in Yemen’s Taiz Governorate. The whopping advance was a chief target achieved by phase one of the military coalition-backed operation ‘Golden Spear’. Yemeni forces backed by the Saudi-led Arab Coalition freed the st
Baghdad – Iraqi Defense Ministry announced on Monday the complete liberation of the left bank of Mosul, adding that Prime Minister Haidar Abadi would soon be making a formal announcement. “We completed the total liberation of the left bank of Mosul and this is a gift to the Iraqi people,”
Manama – Following its participation in Canton Fair held in China last October, the industrial sector committee of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) headed by the second vice-chairman Abdulhameed Al Kooheji is holding a forum on Wednesday to raise the awareness of local industriali
Aden – Informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that U.N. Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed left Sana’a on Monday without reaching any agreement with rebels on any issue. Several Yemeni sources said that the U.N. envoy refused to meet with members of the rebels’ government based on
Cairo – Arab League Secretary General Ahmad Abul Gheit chaired on Monday a meeting with the secretariat senior officials to follow-up on the preparations for the 28th Arab League Summit, which will be held in Jordan in March. The Arab League spokesman, Minister Mahmoud Afifi, said that the secretary
Riyadh – Crown Prince and Minister of Interior Prince Mohammed bin Nayef will head the Board of Trustees of the National Preventive Program for Students (Faten). Prince Mohammed gave directions to work out a strategy for the program and implement the initiatives proposed by the participating p
