Sirte – Libyan forces of Sarraj government continue to advance in Sirte after regaining control over buildings and currently trying to gain control over the remaining neighborhoods. Photojournalists of Agence France Presse (AFP) reported that governmental forces are trying to advance towards neighbo
Cairo – Representatives from 15 Arab, European and African states will convene in Cairo this week to speak against extremist religious rhetoric and spread awareness among the youth on the dangers of extremism. The first gathering of Muslim and Christian youth will be held in the Egyptian capital on
Moscow – Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak said his country was cooperating with Saudi Arabia to achieve of international oil market stability. He added that the ongoing dialogue between Moscow and Riyadh was witnessing concrete progress in this regard and expressed Russia’s readiness to adop
Riyadh- Following Saudi Arabia’s decision to relax restrictions on foreign investment in the local market, experts forecast that foreign investors’ ownership will pick up 100% by the second half of 2017 knowing that it now represents 4.1% of the market value in the Saudi share market. Economis
Moscow, Beirut- One month after the announcement made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his U.S. counterpart John Kerry about an agreement concerning the Syrian crisis, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Moscow was unable to reach a “common language” with U.S. experts. Shoigu ex
Erbil, Baghdad- Military operations north, east and south Mosul are accelerating to crack down ISIS in preparation for launching a conclusive operation to liberate the city. Peshmerga forces have become only 15 Km away from Mosul city from the east after the progress they had made on Sunday when the
Ankara- Turkish cabinet denied on Sunday claims saying Prime Minister Benali Yildirim had hinted that Saudi Arabia supported the failed coup attempt in Turkey last July. Sources close to the cabinet’s leadership told the official Anadolu agency that a number of local media outlets had quoted t
Tal Aviv- Sunday’s attacks on Al-Aqsa mosque on the memorial of Tisha B’Av heightened the level of tension in Eastern Jerusalem. Muslim prayers tried to defy these assaults but the Israeli police arrested dozens of Muslims and Jews and wounded 15 Palestinians; three of them were transferred to
When Saddam Hussein naively invaded Iran in 1980, he thought that the chaos that accompanied Ayatollah Khomeini’s rise to power was an opportunity to regain what his first enemy, the Shah of Iran, made him surrender by force. The former Iraqi president refused to heed all regional and international
Riyadh- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered on Sunday paying one-month salary to active participants at the front lines of the operations Decisive Storm and Renewal of Hope in Yemen. The salary will be paid from the capital of the ministries of Interior, D
Riyadh- The judiciary of Saudi Arabia issued on Sunday initial sentence of eight years in prison and a travel ban for four Saudis who were enrolled in al-Nusra Front training camps, trained over diverse weapons and night guards and possessed pictures of the terrorist groups ISIS and al-Qaeda figures
Washington- A spokesperson from Queens Department in Ney York told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday that the police is questioning the motives behind the killing of Imam (MaulamaAkonjee) and his assistant (Thara Uddin). Meanwhile, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held a news conference infront
Nigerian hardline militant group Boko Haram has recently published a video showing footage of dozens of school girls abducted two years ago, and saying some of them have been killed in air strikes. Boko Haram seized more than 270 girls from their school in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, in April 2014, p
Yemeni army forces backed by the Saudi-led Arab coalition aircraft killed about 40 suspected al Qaeda fighters on Sunday as they fought their way into two militant strongholds in eastern Yemen, a local official and residents said. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has exploited a 16-month-old
New York City police searched on Sunday for a suspect in the shooting of a Muslim cleric and his associate. The cleric and his companion were killed while walking together along a city street after attending prayers at a nearby mosque, authorities said. A lone armed man approached the two from behin
Carmella Salinas has worked steadily for 14 years as an early-childhood-education teacher, taking care of 4- and 5-year-olds at the nonprofit Family Learning Center in the hardscrabble community of Española, just north of Santa Fe, N.M. Even so, she rarely earns enough to cover all her bills, and ha
Najran- A missile deployed from Yemen targeted southern Saudi Arabia’s Najran on Sunday killing six civilians. The projectile landed on a local water facility. Security forces soon locked down the site attacked, moving injured victims to close medical facilities. Najran is a city located in southwes
Lagos- As oil rates plunge amid a tragic lack of security in the south, a massive humanitarian crisis in the north and a major power deficiency, Nigeria’s economy has collapsed within a 15-month time frame, losing the title of Africa’s biggest economy and number one oil producer. Nigeria’s President
Riyadh – Pakistani MP Abdul Karim Bakhesh warned that Iran is trying to extend its power in Pakistan. Speaking to Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, Bakhesh said that Tehran is aiming to influence the Pakistani political arena through hosting prominent political and religious figures and fund Shi’ite instit
Beirut: Celebrations filled the city of Manjib in the province of Aleppo, north Syria, shortly after Kurdish militias fighting in the region have announced yesterday they had completely controlled the city, which has been under the rule of ISIS since 2014. The announcement had again opened the wide
