The Bulgarian interior ministry said on Monday that prosecutors have charged three Syrians with attempting to join ISIS militant group after border patrols arrested them as they tried to enter Turkey from Bulgaria. The three Syrians, having refugee status from Germany, had already failed in attempti
Since mid-2014, around 5,700 constructions in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi and its outskirts have suffered some level of damage, and almost 2,000 buildings have turned to ruins, the United Nations reported on Monday, citing satellite images. Ramadi, once home to about 500,000 people, now largely
Riyadh-The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received on Sunday, at Al-Yamamah Palace, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, the parties reviewed bilateral relations and prospects of cooperation between the two
New York- Regional tensions reached their prime in the Middle East. How will the nuclear deal affect Iranian foreign policy after the financial sanctions were lifted? Is Iranian leadership in Tehran expected to adopt more hostile stances in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen with all the money flowing
Turkey warned Kurdish militias in northern Syria they would face the “harshest reaction” if they tried to approach Azaz, a town near the Turkish border, and accused Russia of a missile attack there that killed at least 14 civilians, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told the press on Monday
In Munich Security Conference, an annual event where leaders and diplomats from Europe, the Middle East and the United States gather to debate the world’s problems, Europe’s reluctant hegemon Germany, stressed its efforts on finding ways to best lead in view of multiple overlapping crise
The former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has begun a 19 month jail sentence after he was convicted of charges relating to receiving several bribes. He will be placed in a white collar prison and will join the former Israeli president Moshe Katsav who is serving a 7 year prison sentence for sexu
Abu Dhabi-The State Security Division of the Federal Supreme Court sentenced four people to death in absentia, after finding them guilty for involvement with ISIS. Judge Mohammed Al- Tunaiji gave three other defendants a 10-year jail term each, two received five-year in prison and one landed a three
Former Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri confirmed on Feb.14 that Lebanon, under any circumstance, will not become an Iranian province. He also affirmed that no one should be allowed to drag Lebanon into a feud with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. Hariri also welcomed the reconciliation between comma
Aden- Military sources in Yemen confirmed that the National Army and the Popular Resistance are preforming high-caliber infiltration operations in Furdat Nahm, neighboring Sana’a. Also, the ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s camp is suffering from an internal rift, according to what political sou
The conservative supreme court justice Antonin Scalia who was anti-abortion and a supporter of the death penalty died on Saturday at the age of 79. His death sparked a battle between President Barack Obama and Congress which is dominated by Republicans over the appointment of a successor. The death
Sunday, February 14, marked the fifth anniversary for Bahrain’s protests as thousands of citizens were protesting and calling for political change in the tiny island kingdom lying at the banks of the Gulf Arab states, thus repeating the “Arab Spring” experience after five years. Back then in 2011, E
The Qatari Minister of State for Defence Khalid Al-Attiyah confirmed his country’s preparedness for ground intervention in Syria “side by side” with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) “if Riyadh requested that”. He told Asharq Al-Awsat that Qatar’s position is a “foregone conclusion”, a
Ramallah- Several members of al-Qassam Brigades have resigned in protest of the method of execution carried out on the former brigade official Mahmmod Shitiwi last week, informed Palestinian sources reported. Al-Qassam Brigade is the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas organization. Sources also
When the Janadriyah Festival and forum celebrated its 30th annual activity, especially with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz’s death, may he rest in peace, some predicted that the event has come to an end. However, in 2016, Janadiriyah’s activities were inaugurated personally under the patronage of King
Valentine’s Day was officially added to the list of prohibited practices in Iran by local security forces. Thus the celebration of the event in public areas is completely banned. Media across the country stated that police had circulated a statement of warning for youth of opposite genders gathering
A senior Yemeni official, in close proximity to the joint forces of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, told Asharq Al-Awsat that the National Army alongside the Arabian coalition forces has head towards three Yemeni cities in order to free them from Houthi militia and defectors supporting the ousted
Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Rabiah, supervisor-general of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Centre, revealed a plan on merging the center’s framework with the Saudi campaign to assist Syria. The merger aims to unify all humanitarian foreign aid endeavors, and to bring about the compila
Turkey has joined Saudi Arabia in the fight against ISIS in Syria in a resolve to send ground troops there. Turkey now is witnessing unprecedented activity. The entire Turkish whirl on a military and political level suggests that the countdown for the Turkish-Arab interference in Syria is app
The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was quoted as saying that ground intervention in Syria could result in a third world war at the Munich conference. Despite the seriousness of this statement, no one paid any attention to him because what he said seemed unrealistic and a figment of the imagi
