Riyadh and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s internationally recognized government will in the coming days present evidence to the United Nations regarding crimes committed by Houthi rebels in the country immediately after the start of a UN-declared truce on Friday evening. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat
Lucky are those who are as loved and popular as Prince Saud Al-Faisal. The former Saudi foreign minister who passed away on Thursday enjoyed an international reputation and his achievements will remain testaments to his dedication and devotion to his country and people. Prince Saud’s enormous popula
“There are hands at work to lead our young poets away from their epic revolutionary mission, putting them in the service of a corrupt culture.” This is how last Monday night Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Islamic Republic’s “Supreme Guide,” revealed his latest concern. According to him unidentified “co
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Western and Arab leaders on Friday paid glowing tributes to Saudi Arabia’s former Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal who passed away on Thursday. Prince Saud’s tenure as foreign minister lasted for four decades until he retired in April 2015, for health reasons. He was re
Cairo, AP—Omar Sharif, the Egyptian-born actor with the dark, soulful eyes who soared to international stardom in movie epics, Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, died Friday. He was 83. Sharif died of a heart attack in a Cairo hospital, his longtime agent, London-based Steve Kenis, and the head
Ever since the Soviet Empire collapsed, a mantra of Western political analysis has been “the death of ideology.” The argument is that, having experimented with a variety of ideologies, from nationalism to Fascism and Nazism and, more recently, Khomeinism, mankind has concluded that trying to organiz
Riyadh and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The United Nations said that Yemen’s warring factions on Thursday accepted a truce to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians amid doubts by the government loyalists over Houthis’ commitment. The UN has said it expects an unconditional humanitarian truc
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s former Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal passed away on Thursday, two months after he retired following 40 years of service. “Prince Saud Bin Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud passed into God’s mercy in the United States on Thursday. The Saudi people, Arab and
One of the differences between Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) lies in the way members join each of these ultra-radical groups. Those wishing to join Al-Qaeda are often exposed for a long period of time to the writings of the group’s ideologues. The process would take several
Algiers, Asharq Al-Awsat—At least 25 people have been killed during ethnic and sectarian clashes between Arabs and Berbers in southern Algeria, the worst of their kind since 2013, state media reported on Wednesday. According to the Algérie Presse Service (APS), 19 people died on Tuesday and six on W
Riyadh, Jeddah and Al-Hudaydah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s exiled government told the UN on Wednesday it would accept a temporary ceasefire to end more than three months of fighting if the Houthi rebels accepted certain conditions, including the release of prisoners and withdrawal from the areas under
Vienna and London, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran and six world powers were close to an historic nuclear agreement on Thursday that could resolve a more than 12-year dispute over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, but they remained deadlocked on the issue of Iranian arms and missile trade. Over the pas
Sana’a and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s internationally recognized President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi will on Thursday table a 10-day ceasefire proposal to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, to end the fighting currently gripping the country, a diplomatic source said. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat via
Relations between Egypt and Turkey have never been easy since the Ottoman army entered Cairo and hung up the body of the Mamluk Sultan Tuman bay II at the city gate for three days in the wake of fierce battles that killed around 50,000 people and turned Egypt into an Ottoman province waiting for any
Vienna, Reuters—Iran has offered “constructive solutions” to resolve disputes in nuclear talks with six major powers, the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported on Wednesday, but Western officials suggested they had heard nothing new from Tehran. Iran and the powers are in the last
Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—Security coordination between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has led to the arrest of three brothers in connection with the suicide bombing that hit a Shi’ite mosque in Kuwait last month, security bodies in both countries said on Tuesday. The three Saudi brothers were arrested after
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian authorities have arrested 13 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group on suspicion of carrying out a terrorist attack on the Suez Canal, security sources said on Monday. The 13, who included an employee of the Suez Canal Authority, planted bombs near the canal i
Against the backdrop of genocide committed by the rump of the Syrian regime against its people in the service of the agreed regional script for the Arab Mashreq (East), and the accelerating collapse of the concept of the “State” throughout the Middle East and North Africa, Lebanon becomes nothing mo
Riyadh and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s internationally recognized government and members of the Saudi-led coalition targeting the Houthis in Yemen have begun consultations with the UN regarding a proposed ceasefire in the country, according to a Yemeni government spokesman. Speaking to Asharq Al
London, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Prime Minister David Cameron led somber tributes on Tuesday as Britain commemorated the 10th anniversary of attacks that killed 56 people in London, the first suicide bombings by Islamist militants in western Europe. Relatives of the victims, survivors, and senior pol
