You never know who to believe and what to believe from the official statements issued from Washington about facing ISIS, the Syrian Regime and Iran. Yet, I can tell that I have found a different announcement given by an American official, which is new in content, yet cannot be counted on. A US tre
Chelsea decided on Thursday to release Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho from his duties, blaming him for the club’s dramatic collapse this season. The club issued a statement that the decision to part ways with Mourinho was under mutual consent, later expressing the club’s gratitude to Mourinho’s grea
Yemen talks have entered a fourth day in Switzerland under UN sponsorship. Discussions remain in a standing loop regarding proposed files, given that the insurgents’ mission does not present any leniency toward the Yemeni cause. Sources close to the consultations, taking place away from the media in
Declining oil prices on Thursday recorded their lowest in 11 years due to the American dollar high hit against a basket of currencies, after the Federal Reserve decided to raise interest rates for the first time in 10 years, in addition to expectations of increase in market structure in 2016. Analys
A Saudi bio-technical expert, who studies its applications in the security field, confirmed that brain fingerprinting empowers investigators to accurately measure information hidden in a suspect’s brain,leading accurately to the terrorists who schemed, contributed or carried out any act of ter
The Libyan politician, Ahmed Gaddaf Al Dam, said that extremists in Libya have stolen large amounts of deadly sarin gas, which they found in warehouses in southern Libya and smuggled to northern cities, including Tripoli. He added that the outlawed gas was first used in 2014, yet some Western countr
The British Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed London’s will to cooperate with the Islamic Coalition military, the formation of which was announced by Saudi Arabia. The Arab spokeswoman for theBritish Foreign Ministry, Farah Dakhlallah, told Asharq Al-Awsat: “We want to observe countries from all
Qatar announced that it started making contacts with the Iraqi government on Wednesday over the kidnapping of several Qataris who entered the country for a hunting trip, after it was officially authorized by the Qatari Ministry of Interior and in coordination with the Iraqi Embassy in Doha. Some of
President of the Arab Parliament, Ahmed Al Jarwan praised the Saudi initiative to assemble an Islamic military coalition to fight terrorism. Al-Jarwan told Asharq Al-Awsat, on Wednesday, “This initiative comes at a very critical time to confront challenges and risks threatening the Arabian region,
The Iraqi government welcomed on Tuesday, the arrival of a Saudi diplomatic mission to Baghdad, the first in 25 years, which included the officer-in-charge Yehya Shrahili and a staff consisting of 35 diplomats and security guards preparing to reopen the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Iraq after 25 years o
Even the Germans, who since the end of the Second World War adopted a policy of avoiding war, have decided to wage war against terrorist organisations and send a military force to Syria. The Russians, who dared to declare war in Syria preceded them and imposed their political vision on the region an
According to diplomatic sources, the board of the United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency decided to close the inquiry into any possible military dimensions (PMD) of Iran’s nuclear program, moving Tehran another step closer to large-scale sanctions relief following its deal with the six w
Positive signs appeared after the first day of the Yemen peace talks, held in one of Geneva’s suburbsunder the auspices of the United Nations. Diplomatic sources have said that the first session, led byUN envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, was positive, yet did not provide further details , in line wi
The Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued directives decreeing that “Saudi investments in Egypt increase to over 30 billion riyals ($8 billion)” in addition to providing Egypt with its needs for petrol for 5 years and supporting traffic in the Suez Canal through Saudi sh
Israel has seized the body of Bahaa Alyan, who stabbed an Israeli soldier, along with 50 others since October, and is refusing to return them to their families. Lawyer Mohammad Alyan along with other relatives are fighting in political, judicial, and civil fields in order to mobilize local, Middle E
The formation of an Islamic military coalition announced by Saudi Arabia received worldwide support yesterday. The Press Secretary for the White House Josh Earnest welcomed this new bloc which consists of 34 countries and said that all efforts to confront terrorism are required. Ernest stressed that
Those who do not read what the philosophers and leaders of ISIS write, do not watch all the videos that the organisation releases and are content to read simple analyses may not know that this frightening organisation has lots of enemies, and that Saudi Arabia occupies first place. ISIS has a long l
Marine Le Pen’s loss along with her party in the final regions elections in France, with no single region won by them, is good news for whoever is aware of the risks of the proposal led by the growing movement in Europe, not only for this continent but also for global security and peace. Howev
US President, Barack Obama, announced on Monday that his country had achieved great success in tracking and killing ISIS leaders to recapture lands seized by the terrorist organization. Obama confirmed that in total, the United States and its partners have dropped 9,000 bombs on ISIS. He added that
An unprecedented statement made by the former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Sunday about the need for the assembly of experts to supervise the performance of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the existence of a committee to examine potential candidates for the position of Supre
