Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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Security was ramped up around the Eiffel Tower in Paris as the capital was placed under the highest alert status on January 8, 2015. (AFP Photo/Bertrand Guay)

France works to avert new terror attacks, hunts suspect

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 10, 2015 | World

Paris, AP—France’s president chaired an emergency security meeting Saturday aimed at thwarting a repeat of the attacks around Paris by terrorists linked to Al-Qaeda in Yemen that scarred the nation and left 20 dead at a satirical newspaper, a kosher supermarket...

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Libya’s Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thani takes part in a joint news conference with Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat (not pictured) at the Auberge de Castille in Valletta on October 21, 2014. (Reuters/Darrin Zammit)

Libyan PM: We are working under impossible circumstances

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 10, 2015 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Abdullah Al-Thani, head of the internationally recognized government of Libya, is facing political rivals from within and without. A parallel government, run by Islamists in Tripoli is vying with his Tobruk-based parliament for control of the...

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Rebwar Saeed with his work.

Kurdish painter Rebwar Saeed on his colorful career

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jan 10, 2015 | Lifestyle & Culture

Suleimaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdish artist Rebwar Saeed has donated the profits from sales of his paintings at a recent exhibition in Suleimaniyah, Kurdistan, to Kurdish Syrians from Kobani—a Syrian town currently witnessing fierce battles between...