Beirut- The new cabinet lineup is the first challenge the newly elected Lebanese President Michel Aoun is expected to face, and it constitutes a first test to measure the seriousness of the agreements forged prior to his election. Political forces had discussed before agreeing on nominating Aoun the
Beirut- 890 days of Lebanese presidential vacuum came to end on Monday by electing General Michel Aoun as the country’s president with the support of 83 out of 127 MPs in Parliament. Aoun returned to the Presidential Palace 26 years after he had left it under the artillery of the Syrian Army tanks i
The relationship between a small group of Houthis living in north Yemen and Iran began nearly two decades ago with the encouragement of the then president Ali Abdullah Saleh. This was part of the game to establish balance in the context of other religious denominations like the Salafis competing aga
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew cautioned on Monday against a false sense of complacency in the financial system just because it weathered the initial shock of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. “I’m very proud of the work that we’ve done on financial reform. I only
Iraq troops made a dashing advance breaking through ISIS defense lines in an eastern suburb of Mosul on Monday, taking the battle for the insurgents’ stronghold into the city limits for the first time, a force commander said. They made the gain as the U.S.-backed offensive to recapture Mosul &
Syria’s political opposition expressed on Monday hopes that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wins the U.S. presidential election next week because she has a better understanding of the conflict than Donald Trump, according to members of a delegation holding talks at the United N
Riyadh-Three sunken ships were found near the Red Sea coasts of Saudi Arabia, unveiling a hidden legacy for the human race. The discovery was made by a collaboration of Saudi, German and Italian maritime archeological teams that had combed through the Red Sea Saudi coasts, retrieving valuable artifa
Riyadh – The Sudanese government condemned the attack attempt on al-Jawhara stadium at which a terrorist tried to target the stadium west of Jeddah. Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry announced on Sunday that it foiled an attack by a terror cell formed of 4 persons who had planned to detonate a car bo
Cairo- Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait have 30% of the world’s oil reserves with around 511.2 billion barrels in their possession, said the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC). OAPEC said on Sunday in its monthly bulletin that the world’s oil reserves amounted to ar
Lebanese lawmakers on Monday elected Change and Reform bloc chief MP Michel Aoun president, ending a more than two-year political vacuum in the country’s top post. Aoun, who is the founder of the Free Patriotic Movement, secured in the second round of voting 83 votes from the 127 lawmakers present a
Ankara- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that his country would respond if Iraqi Shiite militias terrorize the Iraqi town of Tal Afar. A Turkish official, who preferred to remain anonymous, told Asharq al-Awsat that Iran is provoking Turkey through putting pressure on Iraq’s Prime
Race is perhaps the worst idea ever to come out of science. Scientists were responsible for officially dividing human beings into Europeans, Africans, Asians and Native Americans and promoting these groups as sub-species or separate species altogether. That happened back in the 18th century, but the
Baghdad and Erbil – Iraqi troops and security forces in Mosul are closing on the southern fronts of the city. Yet, a leader at one of the Shiite militias, recently participated in the battle, warned that the war on ISIS will be exhaustive and long. A military statement said that Iraqi Army’s Ninth A
Dammam- The eastern region in Saudi Arabia has witnessed since August the martyrdom of six security guards and the injury of ten. On 17 August, security guard Abdulsalam al-Azni was shot dead by four masked individuals inside a vehicle infront of Qatif Police Station. Also, a patrol was targeted in
With most election forecasts pointing toward a victory for Hillary Clinton, her top advisers are beginning to think about how to stabilize a world that has been rocked by the presidential campaign and by recent reversals for U.S. power. The paradox for the Clinton team, if it wins, will be how to si
Everything was looking up for Hillary Clinton. She was riding high in the polls, even seeing an improvement on trustworthiness. She was sitting on $153 million in cash. At 12:37 p.m. Friday, her aides announced that she planned to campaign in Arizona, a state that a Democratic presidential candidate
Riyadh- The Saudi Ministry of Interior disclosed on Sunday a scenario to form two terrorist cells for the purpose of targeting security guards as well as more than 60,000 citizens and residents in Jeddah, King Abdullah Sports City Al- Jawhara, also nicknamed The Shining Jewel, during the UAE-Saudi m
Manama – Bahraini authorities announced that a Bahraini man is among the most wanted individuals in Saudi Arabia in connection with terrorist activities. The suspect was identified as Hassan Mahmoud Ali Abdullah. General Director of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Evidence in Manama said that Ab
TOKYO — It sounds like a sadly familiar story. A plan for the family to stick out the war in Syria while the children finish their education — but then a missile strikes their home. Jamal, 24, remembers running to the basement after the first explosion and hearing the horrifying sounds above. His yo
Beirut-Lebanon’s two and a half-year presidential vacuum will end on Monday after Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Michel Aoun is elected president, winning the support of the majority of parliamentary blocs with more than two-thirds of votes in the first round of elections. But, several observers n
