Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that ISIS militant group claimed responsibility for an explosion that damaged a car in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday. The incident took place because of a bomb that had been affixed to the vehicle by an ISIS member. The Saudi citizen said that his car had been
Madinah Gov. Prince Faisal bin Salman launched a series of charity and developmental projects during his recent visit to Khaybar Province at costs exceeding SR100 million. They included municipal projects at Khaybar, Al-Salsalah and Al-Ashash Municipalities at a cost of SR16 million, SR50 million an
Tehran, London- The family of an Iranian-British former BBC journalist who was detained last week in Tehran was told on Saturday that he was in the capital’s Evin prison, a friend stated. Bahman Daroshafaei, 34, a translator and former BBC Persian service reporter, was detained on Wednesday at
Abu Dhabi- The United Arab Emirates has said that it is ready to supply ground troops to help support and train an international military coalition against ISIS in Syria, provided such efforts were led by the United States. When asked whether the UAE could be expected to send ground troops to Syria,
In just three weeks’ time Iranians will be invited to go to the polls to elect the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis) and the Assembly of Experts, two organs designed to give the Islamic Republic a democratic façade. The media have always faced the problem of how to cover these elections without
Washington- With just days before the second primary contest of the 2016 election, the Republican presidential candidates faced a skirmish of national security and veterans’ questions in the eighth national debate on Saturday. All of the hopefuls took shots at President Obama and Democratic presiden
While Turkey sent aid trucks and ambulances to tens of thousands of people fleeing to the Turkish border to escape the regime’s raids and Russian bombing in Aleppo, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the Syrian regime’s control over some parts of the connecting roads between
Beirut- Lebanese politician and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Farid Makari predicted an endless presidential void in Lebanon. He said that Hezbollah, the Iranian-supported Lebanese force, has its efforts directed towards constitutional amendment and not the current dilemma on the Lebanese preside
The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen said Saudi Air Defenses intercepted on Monday (Feb. 8) a Scud missile fired toward Khamis Mushait city where a main airbase is located. Saudi Forces intercepted the missile at dawn Monday as it headed toward the southwestern Saudi region of Asir. Brig
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz stressed that Saudi Arabia has the right to defend itself and clarified that it does not accept interference in its internal affairs. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques told guests at the 30th National Festival for Heritage and Cultu
Egyptian police raided a house south of Cairo, shooting dead four “terrorist elements” who had been making explosives, the interior ministry said on Sunday, the third such incident in as many weeks. It said the men were suspected members of the Ajnad Misr, a group that emerged in January 2014 and ha
London- Prime Minister Tammam Salam warned that the ongoing political conflict weakens the state and paves way for the establishment of statelets, deeming the election of a president as key to the protection of Lebanon’s current political system. He held talks on the margins of the London Dono
Washington- The Pentagon has released 198 photographs linked to allegations of abuse of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them showing close-ups of cuts and bruises to arms and legs of prisoners held in US facilities. The Pentagon was forced to release the photographs on Friday, in the culm
Rabat- According to a reliable diplomatic source to Asharq Al-Awsat, today is expected to be the day for announcing a national unity government in Skhirat Resort, located in the Moroccan capital, Rabat; unless, something delays the event. He added that the Libyan Dialogue Commission members were exp
Aden- The leader and spokesman of Popular Resistance in Sana’a, Abdullah al-Shandaqi, said yesterday that the Houthis and their ally, the ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, have closed all the doors and obstructed all the initiatives that aimed at reaching peaceful solutions to stop the ongoing wa
Beirut- The refugee crisis at the Turkish border has exacerbated as Russia and the Syrian regime increased their military pressure in the northern city of Aleppo, thus causing tens of thousands of Syrians to resort to the Turkish border seeking protection and safety. Whereas “Separatist Fears” have
Haider al-Abadi, Iraqi Prime Minister, on Feb.6 wrote off any military plans announced on building a concrete wall around Baghdad in a proposal to prevent ISIS assaults. “Baghdad is the capital of all Iraqis,” P.M. al-Abadi said in a statement. “There can be no wall or fence to iso
Anbar- For the first time since ISIS was driven out, the Central Iraqi City held its Friday prayers in “al-Ramadi al-Kabeer Mosque”) Great Mosque of Ramadi (. During the Friday prayers’ speech, Dr.Abdul Latif Hamim stressed on the importance of military forces returning to Anbar and defending it. He
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck Taiwan early on Saturday killing at least 12 people, and injuring 475, at least 92 of whom remain in hospital. Rescuers are searching the rubble of a 17-storey apartment building that collapsed, with some people still known to be missing in the ruins of the comp
The interesting statement made by the military spokesman and adviser to the Saudi Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Asiri about Riyadh’s readiness to fight on the ground in Syria raised many questions. Amongst them are: Is this a change in foreign policy? Why are we fighting in a distan
