Dubai – In a step previously announced by Asharq Al-Awsat, the Arab Film Institute (AFI) was launched two days ago aiming to promote the Arabian cinema. According to its brochure, this institute intends to create a platform to exchange expertise and ideas among professionals from the Arabian c
Khartoum – Amani Sherif is considered among the top Sudanese journalists who enjoys a good sense of humor, professionalism, and high expertise in a rare type of journalism that requires patience and attention to details. Amani has challenged the tough conditions of her disability and achieved
London – New signs of confrontations between Iran and the West loomed after Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani ordered his Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and director of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi to take unilateral measures facing the U.S. decision to extend sancti
Beirut, New York – At the beat of additional massacres and atrocities committed by regime forces backed by Iraqi fighters, Tuesday witnessed a race with time to reach a truce in eastern Aleppo under a Russian-Turkish patronage. The deal would “empty” the last pockets of the opposition in Alepp
Ramallah- Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization Saeb Erekat said that a Palestinian delegation, which he headed in Washington, discussed bilateral, security and political issues with U.S. officials. Erekat told Asharq Al-Awsat that the delegation reached an agreement with the U.
A drone strike in Syria staged by the United States that took place last week killed two leaders linked to the Nov. 13, 2015 attacks in Paris that killed 130 people, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The leaders belong to the ultra-hardline terror group. “They were working together to plot and fac
As Syria’s rebel fighters, seeking to oust national dictator, lose areas in the Syrian city of Aleppo in light of a deepening of the worst humanitarian crisis in decades, chances are that U.S. President Barack Obama’s legacy is irrevocably marred. The rebel loss would underscore the fail
The Kremlin refused to consider the fall of Palmyra to ISIS once again as “a loss to Russia” and vowed that his country is working to expel it from the city. The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said yesterday that the “city of Palmyra is a Syrian city before everything” and stressed that “Russia is
Saudi Arabia’s top religious body on Tuesday condemned what it said were “criminal massacres” by the Syrian regime against civilians in Aleppo and called on the Islamic world to help save fellow Muslims. State news agency SPA said the secretariat appealed to the Muslim world “
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced yesterday that 235 people have been arrested on charges of spreading propaganda for a terrorist group. The arrests were made against the backdrop of the bombings that took place in Istanbul on Saturday that left 44 people dead. The dead included 38 riot police
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday Exxon Mobil Corp Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson as his choice to lead the State Department, praising him as a successful international dealmaker who heads a global operation. Tillerson’s experience in diplomacy stems from making dea
Extremist forces in our region have declared war on the US President-elect Donald Trump even before he has entered the White House under the pretext that he has an agenda to fight Islam and Muslims. They are trying to incite around one billion Muslims around the world against the new administration
Brussels- The European Union and Cuba signed a political accord on Monday that the EU hopes will position its companies for Cuba’s transition to a more open economy and allow it to press for political freedoms on the island. In the biggest diplomatic breakthrough since the EU lifted sanctions on the
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani ordered scientists on Tuesday to start developing systems for nuclear-powered boats, in reaction to U.S. lawmakers passing a bill extending some economic sanctions by 10 years, a step he called a ‘violation. of a global atomic deal. In a letter published Tuesday
Whatever else future historians say about Donald Trump’s early foreign policy moves, they’re likely to note the erratic and, in many ways, self-defeating nature of the president-elect’s initial dealings with China, the country many analysts view as the United States’ most important long-term rival.
The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday it has received reports of Syria’s pro-regime forces and allied Iraqi militias killing at least 82 civilians in eastern Aleppo in four different neighborhoods in the last few days. Rupert Colville, spokesman for the U.N. human rights office, says th
KHAZER CAMP, Iraq — By the time the jihadists had finished, not even a woman’s eyes were legal. Showing them was a punishable offense. The dress code imposed on the women of Mosul started soon after ISIS overran the city more than two years ago. It was carried out gradually, until every part of the
Riyadh- The new version of the Saudi currency will be unveiled today for the public at a ceremony, said the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority. SAMA will officially launch the sixth issue of the banknotes and coins of the Saudi riyal on Tuesday, bearing the motto “Confidence and Security,” to mark the
Aden, Ma’rib-Yemeni security forces seized a commercial truck carrying spy drones on its way to the Houthi rebels, according to a Yemeni military official. The truck was caught in the province of Ma’rib, which is largely under the influence of the Yemeni government, with Houthi presence remaining in
Cairo- Egyptian experts on Islamic movements have warned from a real tragedy in the regions liberated from ISIS especially in Iraq, where people suffer from severe neglect and lack of services. According to experts, extremism shown by Shi’ite militias creates extremism in other parties. This warning
