Qatar officially submitted on Monday its response to the list of demands made by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt to end their boycott of the Arab state. The reply of Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani was delivered by Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahma
Riyadh- Saudi stock market resumed its trading on Sunday – following Eid al-Fitr holiday – amidst newly achieved gains of around 60 points, causing the market index to jump to its highest rate since 20 months. On the level of Saudi stock market performance during the first half of 2017, market data
Cairo – Commander of the Libyan National Army Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar assigned a new military commander for Benghazi in what seems Haftar’s preparation to announce the liberation of Benghazi, east Libya. Meanwhile, National Army troops declared they were close on fully liberating the city and d
Online retail giant Amazon completed on Monday the acquisition of Dubai-based Souq.com, the largest online retailer in the Middle East, around three months after the deal between the two sides was signed. In a joint statement, the two retailers said that Amazon clients can use their accounts to acce
ISIS seems to be relying on a new tactic by using female suicide bombers as Iraqi forces appear on the cusp of full victory in the northern city of Mosul, with at least 15 people killed in the latest assaults across Iraq. In Mosul’s Old City neighborhood — the scene of ISIS’ last stand, where
Erbil – Kurdistan Regional Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources announced that Iran has for over the past ten days been cutting the flow of Little Zab River, creating a suffocating water supply problem. The ministry declared it will resort to the UN and international community to stop Tehran’
Up to 18 people were feared dead after a coach carrying pensioners burst into flames following a collision with a lorry in southern Germany on Monday, police said. There was “only a glimmer of hope” that some of them would be found alive outside the bus, police spokesman Juergen Stadter
The world has remembered three men this week. They come from different continents, different professions, and divergent interests. In the first scene, leaders from around the world gathered at the European Parliament headquarters in Strasbourg, around the coffin of late German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
London- Asharq Al-Awsat has launched a new website and a mobile version Sunday with a new interactive identity that is committed to the newspaper’s editorial policy. The phone’s version is closer to an application and relies on the green identity of the newspaper as well as the difference in the app
Washington- US President Donald Trump has led an attack against the media through posting a video on Twitter that shows him beating up a man with a CNN logo on his face. The video goes back to ten years and was prepared specifically to welcome Trump in an occasion for free wrestling amateurs. The vi
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz has sent a cable of congratulations to US President Donald Trump on the occasion of his country’s Independence Day, Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. In his own name and on behalf of the people and government of the Kingdom o
Cairo – Egyptian Criminal Court sentenced on Sunday 20 men to death for charges of killing 11 policemen in the violence incidents in Kerdasa city, Giza province west of Cairo, that followed the military’s ousting of former president Mohamed Mursi in 2013. The court also changed the sentence fo
Ankara- Turkey’s exports rose 1.8 percent year-on-year to $12.7 billion in June, the country’s main exporters’ association has said. The Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TİM) said however that imports dropped 1.53 percent, reaching $19.180 billion. Turkey’s total exports in the last 12-month period rose
World champions Germany defeated Chile 1-0 on Sunday to win its first Confederations Cup title. Lars Stindl scored Germany’s only goal in the 20th minute when Chile midfielder Marcelo Diaz gave the ball away on the edge of his own area. Chile, playing with their trademark high octane style and drive
Vienna- Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has called for taking into consideration neighboring countries when tackling the Kurdish file, warning of any unwise act that might cause the rage of these countries as a hint on the independence referndum Iraqi Kurdistan is willing to hold in Septem
Beirut – Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea declared that “Hezbollah’s” regional ambitions that serve Iran “will never be achieved,” reported the German news agency (DPA) He urged “Hezbollah” and its Iranian backers to “abandon the dream of establishing the ‘Wilayet al-Fakih’ in the region.” “
London- Ahmad al-Jarba, the head of al-Ghad al-Souri Movement (Tomorrow Movement), said on Sunday that ISIS was the legitimate child of the Iranian project and the “Shi’ite Crescent” in the region. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, al-Jarba said: “Iran is in conflict with its surrounding and the
Damascus – The Syrian Central Bank put into circulation a new 2,000 pound banknote with a picture of regime leader Bashar Assad depicted on it. The other side of the banknote has the image of the parliament in Damascus. Central bank Governor Duraid Dargham explained that the new banknote was put int
Cairo– Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit will conduct official visits to Russia and Italy this week as part of efforts to promote Arab cooperation with international partners on issues of mutual concern. The secretary general’s spokesperson, Minister Delegate Mahmoud Afifi, said that Ab
London – Diplomats have revealed that Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is the real influencer of Qatar’s diplomacy despite his abdicating in favor of his son Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in 2013, reported Foreign Policy magazine. In an article entitled, “The Palace Intrigue at the Heart of
