Beirut, London-The Syrian regime executed on Thursday the second phase of its deportation policy by moving scores of Daraya residents, currently living in Moadamiyat al-Sham, to the area of Harjala, located in the suburb of southern Damascus. Representatives of Bashar Assad forcibly displaced the re
Tunis-The World Bank has approved $18 million (around 37 million Tunisian dinars) for the Tunisian Authorities to complete an environmentally safe wastewater disposal system considered critical for the protection of sensitive marine ecosystems off the coast of Tunisia in line with global standards.
Casablanca-The second edition of PHOTOVOLTAICA Exhibition (International Photovoltaic Exhibition & Conference 2016) that kicked off on September 7 in Casablanca has attracted 60 exhibiters and around 500 visitors from four continents: Africa, Europe, America, and Asia. Portugal was the top parti
Cairo-An extraordinary consultative meeting held by Arab foreign ministers in Cairo on Thursday ended with a statement supported by all Arab countries, expect for Iraq, in which the ministers condemned Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s hostile verbal attack against Saudi Arabia and its leaders t
Cologne, Germany- German retired doctor Siegfried Ernst Miederer speaks of a small museum that shows small strange items he has removed from his patients’ bodies over 40 years of work. Miederer says that each item he removed has a special story to tell. The set collected by the German doctor compris
Aden-After judicial investigations conducted in Brazil lately uncovered that a well-known arms trafficker imported weapons to Yemeni rebels in 2015, Asharq Al-Awsat spoke with the accused, Fares Mana’a, the famous Yemeni arms trafficker from the Saada province in the north of the country, who is exp
Washington-A survey published on Wednesday night showed that as the 15th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, partisan differences over the ability of terrorists to launch a major attack on the United States are now very wide. The latest national survey by Pew Research Center, conducted Aug. 23-Sept. 2 a
Turkey’s military announced on Thursday that it had gained control of four residential areas in northern Syria as it presses an offensive to sweep ISIS militants out of a patch of border territory and prevent Kurdish militia fighters gaining ground in their wake. The military said it had taken
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected further centralization within the EU after Britain’s vote to leave, on Thursday. She said that the bloc needed to delegate more tasks to subsidiary organizations. “Centralization is definitely not the answer,” Merkel told a local politica
The international coalition fighting the ultra-hardline terror group ISIS will have to begin the fight for liberating Mosul soon to meet Iraq’s aim of retaking the city by the end of the year, a U.S. military official said on Thursday. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Lieutena
The Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir yesterday announced that peace was returning to the Darfur region, despite a stalemate in ceasefire talks brokered by the African Union and continuous fighting that has driven thousands from their homes this year. Al-Bashir gave a speech at a ceremony in El-Fash
At least 27 people were killed in two separate incidents in Egypt yesterday. According to Egyptian sources, 22 people were killed in a collision between a bus and a truck in the south-western province of Wadi El-Gedid, and 5 more people were killed after a train derailed south of Cairo. Security and
Mecca-Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Saleh bin Abdulaziz Al Asheikh, who serves as Saudi Arabian Minister of Islamic affairs, confirmed that Iranian regime’s attempt to politicize Hajj is not accepted and that millions of pilgrims who come every year to perform their rituals should not end
Riyadh-In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Secretary General of the Association of Muslim Scholars Dr. Muthanna Harith al-Dhari confirmed that the association is still carrying out its work even though he is not residing in Iraq. Muthanna al-Dhari had succeeded his late father Sheikh Harith al-Dha
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied the report published by British online newspaper The Independent, claiming that Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Iraq Thamer al-Sabhan had a cousin affiliated with ISIS. The report further went on saying that after Sabhan’s cousin had died fighting for IS
Riyadh – Saudi Ministry of Health is leaning towards increasing the use of technology in health care services. The ministry based its decision on scientific studies stating that technology can indeed enhance the level of services granted in the health sector. Saudi Arabia is working on activating th
President Barack Obama struck back at the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday at a news conference in Laos after a three-day visit to Southeast Asia, stressing that Trump is unsuitable for office and warning that his behavior is unacceptable and should not be normalized in the 2
Cairo-Forces loyal to the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) have announced that the liberation of Sirte was delayed due to the fact that ISIS has been using civilians as human shields. Speaker Aguila Saleh said that foreign interference had complicated the political process. Saleh was speak
Apple Inc released the next generation of the iPhone at its annual launch event Wednesday in San Francisco- the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. While aesthetically similar to the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, the new phone has several big differences, including a pressure-sensitive home button, a better high-r
Russian President Vladimir Putin is “far more” of a leader than Barack Obama, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said as he pledged to increase U.S. military spending and demand a plan to beat ISIS if he becomes president. Putin is “very much of a leader,” Trump
