Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55338993
Caption:

Pro-democracy protesters make the three finger freedom salute from the movie ‘The Hunger Games’ in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, on November 28, 2014. (EPA/Alex Hofford)

Hong Kong protesters clash with police after new clampdown

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 29, 2014 | World

Hong Kong, Reuters—Thousands of pro-democracy activists clashed with police in running scuffles in Hong Kong’s gritty Mong Kok district early on Saturday in a bid to reclaim part of one of the city’s largest and most volatile protest sites. After a tense...

Media ID: 55338983
Caption:

Salam Atta Sabri shows off the exhibition hall filled with the works of Iraq’s modern artists. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Iraq’s salvaged modern art to go on public display

by Afrah Shawqi | Nov 29, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi Ministry of Culture is preparing for the inauguration of a new exhibition hall in Baghdad that will display a unique collection of Iraqi modern art after years of painstaking work to salvage what remains of the work of some of the...

Media ID: 55338979
Caption:

Houthi rebels riding on a pickup truck patrol a street while other members dismantle a protest camp on a road leading to Sana’a Airport in Sana’a, Yemen, on October 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Houthi presence in Sana’a affecting Yemen’s territorial security: Transport Minister

by Arafat Madabish | Nov 29, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Houthi movement’s control of the capital Sana’a has significantly deteriorated Yemen’s ability to secure its borders, Yemeni Transport Minister Badr Mubarak Ba-Salma said. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Ba-Salma, who was appointed earlier...