The United States on Sunday called Russia’s action in Syria “barbarism” not counter-terrorism while Moscow’s U.N. envoy said ending the war “is almost an impossible task now” as Syrian pro-regime forces, backed by Moscow, bombed the city of Aleppo. The United Nati
[divider] [divider] Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi expressed deep gratitude and appreciation for efforts exerted by Gulf Arab countries to salvage the situation in Yemen and restore constitutional legitimacy to the war-torn country. President Hadi especially extoled all exertions of the Cu
Like a star-crossed baseball team trying to close out a pennant, Hillary Clinton holds an advantage in the race for president that feels real yet not at all reassuring — for her partisans or for Trump fearers worldwide. She just has to hang on seems like the dominant emotion among her backers, and f
Jeddah – You might be using Twitter under a new administration in the near future as news circulated in technology circles saying that some companies may soon officially bid to buy Twitter. Reports revealed that Google, Alphabet, may be interested in acquiring Twitter. Asharq Al-Awsat reached to Twi
Dimitri Seluk is right about one thing, and perhaps only one thing. Pep Guardiola is the king of Manchester at the moment, operating from a position of strength. So if Yaya Touré’s agent sees the treatment of his client as a declaration of war, and prefers to fight back rather than make the necessar
Bogota – The wives of Venezuelan opposition figures formed a “Committee of Relatives of Political Prisoners” after the opposition rejected the national electoral council agreement to collect 4 million signatures for a public referendum on Nicolas Maduro’s presidency. The committee will a
Major-General Hassan al-Malsi, senior military officer of Yemen’s Houthi movement has been killed in clashes on the border with Saudi Arabia. Masli, who was head of Houthi special forces, was killed on Thursday while attempting to infiltrate a squad of Houthi fighters into the Saudi Arabia’s s
Khobar- Saudi Arabia has been adopting since 2014 a clear oil policy that is based on maintaining market share and letting the market fix itself by itself. This policy depends on the philosophy which says that prices might not rise – then Saudi Arabia might lose the prices and the share as wel
Erbil – Despite the ongoing preparations in Mosul liberation operations, informed sources said that former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, with support from Iran and a number of Arab and Kurdish political blocs, wants to postpone the operations until Haidar Abadi’s government is toppled. A source, w
This may not be the first time that the Russian plan for Syria is clear. Russians tried to keep up with the American President administration in negotiating long about a crisis, hoping to achieve as much as possible or wasting time until Obama’s presidency is over. It is evident now that the Russian
Washington – A number of American psychologists ruled out the possibility that religion might be the main motive for the American Islamists extremists who used violence, especially those who said they are ISIS followers. These experts said that a huge number of them suffer psychological proble
Beirut- The Russian military campaign on Aleppo, the capital of Northern Syria, continued for the fifth day in a row. The regime forces alongside supporting groups succeeded in taking control over Handarat Camp, tightening the siege on Aleppo western neighborhoods. However, later on, the Syrian oppo
The spokesperson for the U.N. Secretary General has said that Ban Ki-moon was “appalled by chilling military escalation in Aleppo.” While U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power accused Moscow of engaging in barbarism in Syria, saying: “What Russia is sponsoring and doing is not c
Despite the US elections beginning on the eighth of November, i.e. just six weeks from now, the president-elect will not set foot in the White House until January 20 next year when he will be sworn in. During this relatively long period, the US administration will not manage its work as usual and th
Militants killed 12 people in a shooting and a suicide bombing Saturday in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, which was recaptured from ISIS last year, police said. Tikrit was seized by ISIS in June 2014, but the city has largely been spared the attacks that have plagued other parts of the country s
There are new signs of tension between Ankara and Washington after the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the US administration of supplying the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria with weapons. During a meeting organised b
The father of Ahmad Khan Rahami who was arrested on Monday after exchanging fire with the police and is suspected of carrying out two bomb attacks, one in New York and the second in the state of New Jersey, that wounded 31 people, said that he had informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) t
Bogotá- Thanks to the historical agreement between the Colombian government and the rebels, a 50 years old conflict reached an end. This contributed in introducing Colombia to a new economic phase which will result in a tangible economic development and increased foreign investments. Therefore, this
The special relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia that spans more than seventy years now faces a difficult test after a draft bill allowing the families of those killed in the September 11 attacks to sue the Saudi Arabian government and its institutions was approved by Congress. Th
Syrian regime forces seized ground from rebels north of Aleppo on Saturday, narrowing their siege on the city’s opposition-held east, as it came under violent air strikes in an offensive by the Russian-backed army. The capture of the Handarat camp a few kilometres north of Aleppo marked the fi
