Asharq Al-Awsat

Asharq Al-Awsat English Edition archive account. Original reporting and wire copy as published 2005–2017.

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Middle East

Germany Suspends Training of Peshmerga

Berlin- Germany will suspend its mission training Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq because of the conflict between the Kurds and the Iraqi government, the German defense minister said on Wednesday. Reuters said that Germany has been a major partner for the Iraqi Kurds. It has provided 32,

Lifestyle & Culture

Coffee Machines Stock Germs, Say Scientists

London- Scientists have found that all kinds of pathogens gather in coffee grounds and in used pod machine capsules. According to the German News Agency (DPA), Fritz Titgemeyer, head of the Food Microbiology Laboratory at the Munster University of Applied Sciences in Germany, said that damp coffee g

Lifestyle & Culture

Sugar Stimulates Growth of Malignant Tumors

London- In a new scientific breakthrough, a team of researchers from Dutch and Belgian universities said they have finally determined the role of sugar in stimulating the growth of cancer and its tumors. Nine years of research showed that cancer cells rapidly break down sugars, and stimulate tumor g

Middle East

US Central Command Raids ISIS Training Camps in Yemen

Aden, London – US forces killed dozens of ISIS militants in a strike on two ISIS training camps, Oct. 16, in al-Bayda governorate, center of Yemen. However, security officials and locals said the strike targeted militants belonging to al-Qaeda and not ISIS terrorist group. US Central Command announc