Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55339084
Caption:

People take part in a rally commemorating the anniversary of South Yemen’s independence from British colonial rule in the southern Yemeni city of Aden November 30, 2014. (Reuters/Yaser Hasan)

South Yemen independence inevitable: Al-Hirak leader

by Arafat Madabish | Dec 2, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The leader of Yemen’s secessionist movement Al-Hirak, Hassan Ba’oum, claimed on Monday that independence for South Yemen was only a matter of time, as pro-independence protests continued in the port city of Aden. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat,...

Media ID: 55339081
Caption:

People take part in a demonstration to urge the French government to recognize Palestine as a state, on November 28, 2014, in Paris. (AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD)

French parliament to call for recognition of Palestinian state

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 2, 2014 | Middle East

Paris, Reuters—French lawmakers are set to vote on Tuesday to call on the government to recognize Palestine, a symbolic move that will not immediately affect France’s diplomatic stance but demonstrates growing European impatience with a stalled peace process....

Media ID: 55338524
Caption:

In a still image from a video posted on a militant website in early July, ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi purportedly delivers a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)

Lebanon detains wife of ISIS leader: officials

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 2, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ago, security officials said on Tuesday. The officials declined to give the name or nationality of...

Media ID: 55339075
Caption:

Kenyan protesters call on security forces for greater protection as they burn crosses symbolizing 28 people who were killed in a recent attack on a bus in Mandera by Al-Shabaab, in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 25, 2014. (EPA/Dai Kurokawa)

Al-Shabaab gunmen kill 36 workers in Kenya quarry

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 2, 2014 | World

Korome, Reuters—Somali Al-Shabaab militants killed at least 36 non-Muslim workers at a quarry in northeast Kenya on Tuesday, beheading at least two of them in the same area that they hijacked a bus and killed 28 passengers just over a week ago. Gunmen crept up on...

Media ID: 55339070
Caption:

Hezbollah member Emad Ayyad (C) celebrates with friends and family in Beirut, Lebanon, on November 25, 2014, after being released by the Al-Nusra Front during a prisoner swap. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

Opinion: Hezbollah, Al-Nusra, and Lebanon

by Diana Moukalled | Dec 2, 2014 | Opinion

Recently, and quite suddenly, the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah announced that one of its fighters held captive by the Al-Qaeda affiliate, the Al-Nusra Front, had been freed in return for two Al-Nusra fighters which it had captured. And so it was that the media...