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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Bin Laden Showed Concerns about al-Qaeda Downfall

Washington – One day after CIA released millions of classified pages online, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) rushed to release the fourth and final batch or al-Qaeda correspondence, which were found by U.S. soldiers in 2011. The 49 documents released on Friday includ

Trump, Least Popular Incoming President in 40 Years

Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump will be the least popular newly inaugurated U.S. president in the history of U.S. presidents. A survey conducted by Washington Post and ABC News revealed that 405% of Americans approve the way Trump handled the presidential transition. Washington Post s

World

What If Trump Is Worse than Obama?

Even if the new American President Donald Trump decides to build walls with his neighbors, expel 10 million illegal residents from the U.S. and abstain from extending his protection over Europe and southeast Asia and his allies in the Middle East, we will not worry much because American policy under

80 ISIS Militants Killed in US Strikes on Sirte

Brigadier Ahmed Abu Shahma, the military governor of the city of Sirte in southwestern Libya, told Asharq Al-Awsat that sudden air strikes carried out by US warplanes at dawn yesterday against ISIS sites in the city were implemented at the request of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous forces and information provi

Rocket Fired near Istanbul Police Headquarters

A rocket was fired near the police headquarters in Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul on Friday. Nevertheless, the projectile missed the building and there were no reports of casualties, national broadcaster CNN Turk said. Turkey has been hit by a series of gun and bomb attacks in recent months

European Shares Ease ahead of Trump Inauguration

European market shares fell, posting their biggest weekly loss since before Donald Trump won the U.S presidential election in November, as investors grew cautious before his inauguration. The STOXX 600 closed 0.1 percent lower, marking a five-day loss of almost 1 percent. Britain’s FTSE slippe

Donald Trump Is Sworn in As The 45th U.S. President

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, succeeding Barack Obama and taking control of a divided country in a transition of power that he has declared will lead to “America First” policies at home and abroad. As scattered protests erupted elsewhere

Davos

Opinion: Do We Have a Place in the Future?

One of the most exciting activities that took place at the World Economic Forum that is currently being held in Davos was the United Arab Emirates’ presentation about the future which is being manufactured in the world’s laboratories. It differed from the wars and conflicts in our region that were b

CIA Declassifies 12 Million Pages

Washington- The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has declassified about 930,000 documents, totaling some 12 million pages, unlike what has been rumored that 13 million declassified documents were released. Previously, the database was only accessible at the National Archives Records Administration

World

Coup Leaderships Killed in Yemen

Aden- Jeddah- Yemeni former National Guard commanders, now defectors serving a guerrilla war seeking to override the constitutionally elected government, have reportedly been killed, Yemen-based sources said. The commanders occupied high-end posts in leading the armed putsch staged by Iran-aligned H