London- Mullah Zabihullah, the official spokesman of the “Afghan Taliban” and the second man in the movement said that security measures forced leader of the Afghan Taliban, Haibatullah not to reveal his whereabouts. “We are ordered by God’s will to take all necessary measures to secure his safety,”
Three Turkish soldiers were killed and five others were wounded by mortar fire from Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants near the southeastern town of Cukurca, security sources said on Saturday. Soldiers who were on an operation in Cukurca in Hakkari province bordering Iraq and Iraq returned the
A member of the world championship-winning Mercedes Formula One team was robbed at gunpoint when he arrived in Mexico for Sunday’s grand prix, a team spokesman said. The robbery happened on Wednesday as the team member, who was not a high-ranking employee, was in a car taking him to his hotel
European privacy watchdogs warned WhatsApp on Friday over sharing user information with parent company Facebook, and cautioned Yahoo over a 2014 data breach and scanning of customer emails for U.S. intelligence purposes. The popular messaging service’s recent change in privacy policy to start
Arsène Wenger must be a genius if he can come up with a points total that will be necessary to win the title. Between 82 and 86 points, since you ask. Either that or he was having a little joke, which has been known to happen. “He must have more experience of the English league […]
London- Saudi ambassador to London Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf said on Friday that regional instability in the Middle East poses a threat to international security. Speaking at a London press conference, Prince Mohammed said that at a time Western interference in Arab world is being held back, West-al
Jeddah – Houthi leadership is promoting for its news war by firing missiles at Mecca, home to some of Islam’s most sacred sites, and suggesting its victory after it had failed to impose control over Yemeni cities. Houthis relied in targeting Mecca on their allies; former president Ali Abdallah
Yemen’s government had brushed off the recently proposed draft for a peace solution by the U.N. special delegate Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, labeling it harshly as unsound and flawed. Despite its arguable conditions, the proposition is still worth a positive take. One of the proposal’s highly construc
Jeddah- The Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources in Saudi Arabia announced willingness to launch more investment licenses in the mining sector for the purpose of developing the domain and increasing its contribution to USD25 billion by 2020 amid rising interest of foreign investors in
The next president has an opportunity in the Middle East to reassure wavering allies, to tell them: “We’re back and we’re going to lead again.” That sounds like something you might hear this month in an alternate reality, from the Rubio-Cheney campaign. After all, President Barack Obama would argue
Moscow- Uzbekistan’s Gyulchehra Bobokulova, 38, confessed to killing Russian child Anastasia Meshcheryakova in the latest update on the charges brought against the nanny responsible for the May 2016 horror decapitation of the four-year-old. The nanny who decapitated the girl and paraded her severed
Washington – Ambassador Frederic Hof, the director of Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East-Atlantic Council and former U.S. Special Advisor on Transition in Syria, spoke with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper about his expectations for the new U.S. administration’s policies in the Arab region. Hof spoke
Caracas- The recent strikes in Venezuela have reflected the country’s escalating political conflict accompanied with economic crises that resulted in the highest inflation rate worldwide according to the World Bank and a shortage of hard currency, leading to wide-scope drop of medicine and food supp
Washington, London, Cairo-Friday witnessed a horrendous act of transgression against the Islamic faith after Iran-aligned militias having launched a failed attack on the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia. The attack shocked the entirety of Muslim nations. Houthi militiamen fired a border crossing
Beirut- Change and Reform bloc chief MP Michel Aoun has not had an easy path to the presidential palace. The “impossible” was made possible by Future Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri’s approval to back Aoun for the presidency. The doors of Baabda Palace, which have been closed since ex-President Mi
Abu Dhabi-Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson in London on Thursday. During the meeting, Sheikh Abdullah and Johnson discussed ties of friend
Baghdad- Atheel al-Nujaifi, former Nineveh governor and head of the Nineveh Guards, revealed that “the U.S. role in supporting Iraq against ISIS is diminishing, especially after the Iraqi government’s rejection of the Defense Secretary Ashton Carter request to approve the Turkish participation in th
It is not strange for Lebanon to have disagreements as it is the country of 17 state-acknowledged sects. The influence of this relatively small country is much larger than its size, given that its area is half of that of Kuwait, which explains the continuous regional competition on its territory and
Beirut- Syrian opposition factions launched a wide-scale offensive to free Aleppo’s eastern neighborhood and lift the regime-imposed siege. The rebel-launched operation is being called “Aleppo’s Epic Battle,” with an arsenal of missiles and projectiles targeting regime-controlled areas. Rebels took
London-The visit of the King of Bahrain, Hamad Al Khalifa, to UK is of huge importance, contributing to reinforcing long-standing bilateral relations between the two countries. Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said that the visit will develop strategic relations among the
