Washington-After trying many ways to confront ISIS’ campaigns on the internet to recruit Westerners, in particular Americans, the U.S. State Department launched a program that seeks “to appeal to emotion rather than logic” as The New York Times said on Friday. “Daesh deprives a woman of her voice,”
Tunisia- Hamma Hammami, spokesperson of the Popular Front from the Tunisian opposition said that President Beji Caid Essebsi’s call to compose a national unity government aims at hiding the crisis of “Nidaa Tounes”, which witnesses splits and interior conflicts. During an interview with Asharq Al-Aw
Saudi Arabia has confirmed that 19,500 Yemeni pilgrims have obtained a Hajj visa and that the first group of Yemeni pilgrims is due to arrive in the kingdom on the 18th of August. The Yemeni Minister of Endowments and Religious Guidance in Yemen Dr Fuad Abu Baker told Asharq Al-Awsat that Yemeni pil
Human Rights Watch yesterday accused the Syrian regime and its ally Russia of using prohibited cluster bombs on a large scale to attack armed opposition fighters in Syria. The non-governmental organisation which is based in New York said it has documented cluster munition attacks since the 27th of M
Many crimes have been committed in Europe by the same perpetrator. Between November 2015 and today, we have seen a series of crimes. 130 people were killed by terrorists in November in the bloodiest attack in the history of the French capital since the end of World War II. The blood from the footbal
Cairo-President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has warned against the dangers of using religion as a tool to cause disunity, in what were seen as strongly-worded remarks by Egyptian authorities against those using religion to ignite sectarian strife between Muslims and Christians. During his meeting with the
Chicago – Surgical robots are expected to dominate a place in operating rooms around the world soon. fWithin five years, one in three U.S. surgeries – more than double current levels – is expected to be performed with robotic systems, with surgeons sitting at computer consoles guid
Hillary Clinton on Thursday promised economic opportunity for all, national unity and tolerance, and rejected Donald Trump’s dark vision of America as she capped off a four-day convention in Philadelphia. Pledging to be a president for “all Americans,” the former secretary of state
Each time a new atrocity is committed in the name of Islam in a Western country, the government and the network of think-tanks are put in high gear to face the inevitable question: what can we do to stop this black series? Typically, three answers are offered. The first, coming from the politically-
The build-up to the first Manchester derby staged overseas was overshadowed by off‑field events as United’s plane was “lost”, José Mourinho’s press conference descended into farce, and the two managers raised concerns over the surface at Beijing’s National Stadium. While Mourinho and some of his squ
Ankara-The Turkish authorities’ pursuit of Fethullah Gulen’s schools is damaging Turkey’s relations with some countries that host schools of “Hizmet Movement” (Service Movement of Gulen), classified by Ankara as a terrorist organization. Kyrgyzstan has refuted the Turkish demand to close the movemen
London – British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson arrived in Paris on Thursday to meet with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault only two weeks after the French foreign minister called him a liar over his role in Britain’s vote to leave the EU. The French Foreign Ministry stated that this is
Beirut-The leader of al-Nusra Front Abu Mohamad al-Jolani struggled on Thursday to show a new face of the organization while announcing a decision to end the relationship of al-Nusra’s Syria branch with al-Qaeda. Jolani was trying to comfort the West that his organization has no links to “any foreig
Ramallah-Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki has given Britain the option to apologize to Palestinians or head to court for its 1917 Balfour Declaration, which has backed a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Malki said on Thursday that “the issue will remain pending until Britain apologizes.” He
London-Turmoil in Iran moved to provinces with an Azeri Turkish majority in the northwest of the country, to join the series of other regions where tension rose lately between residents and the regime on the basis of sectarian and ethnic differences and socio-economic marginalization. An article moc
Washington-The Central Intelligence Agency is reviewing highly important documents belonging to ISIS. These documents could not only help the battle for control over Manbij in northern Syria, but also follow the track of fighters who have moved there as a result of ISIS’ repeated defeats in other co
Cairo-Commenting on the slaughter of the French priest in a church in the north of France, the Muslims Council of Elders has rejected attacks on places of worship, killing innocent people and intimidating civilians, describing them as inhumane practices implemented by groups that oppose all religion
London-Britain’s Ministry of Justice has ordered the removal from prisons of books written by Muslim Brotherhood figures under the excuse that the writings are promoting extremism. Informed sources said that the banned titles are The Way of Jihad by Hassan Al-Banna; Milestones by Sayyid Qutb; The La
France and Britain called Thursday for the Syrian regime and its allies to end their “disastrous” siege on the city of Aleppo, saying Russia in particular has a unique ability to persuade the regime of Bashar Assad to end the war. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and his British
The High Negotiations Committee (HNC) has announced its refusal to attend a new round of negotiations in Geneva on the grounds that the conditions for negotiation have not yet been achieved and that the humanitarian situation in Syria is at its worst. The HNC also said that de Mistura’s announcement
