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This undated file photo shows head of Iran’s Quds Force Qassem Suleimani. (Fars News Agency)

Opinion: When Mullahs and Generals Forget their Duties

by Amir Taheri | May 22, 2015 | Opinion

Anyone following the media in the Islamic Republic of Iran these days is likely to be reminded of a slang Persian word that might better describe the political situation in Tehran than any sophisticated terminology. The word is balbashu, which is hard to translate...

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Saudi men gather around debris following a blast inside a mosque in the mainly Shi’ite coastal town of Al-Qadeeh in Saudi Arabia’s eastern Qatif governorate, on May 22, 2015. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia: Suicide bomber targets Qatif mosque

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 22, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—A suicide attack has taken place at a Shi’ite mosque in the eastern province of Qatif resulting in a number of deaths, a Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman confirmed. The details of the attack, along with a confirmed death toll, will be issued...

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Left to right: Late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi (R) walks with his cousin Ahmed Gaddaf Al-Dam, Gaddaf Al-Dam, Muammar Gaddafi (C) walks with former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat (R) in Cairo, Egypt, in the early 1970s. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Gaddaf Al-Dam: West preparing for new military intervention in Libya

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | May 22, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ahmed Gaddaf Al-Dam, cousin and former confidant of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has warned that the West is “beating the drums of war” and preparing for another military intervention in the North African state. The former Libyan...

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Yemeni fighters loyal to President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi stand in position during clashes with Houthi rebels in Ma’rib province on May 15, 2015. (AFP Photo/STR)

Yemen tribes set to attack key Houthi stronghold

by Arafat Madabish | May 22, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemeni tribal fighters loyal to legitimate President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi are preparing to launch a ground attack on the Houthi rebel heartland near the southern border of Saudi Arabia, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat...

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A Turkish police officer scans the area from a platform, backdropped by posters of Turkish Republic founder Mustafa Kamal
Atatürk, (L), and Turkey’s current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during a political rally of the ruling Justice and Development Party in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkish police swoop on Erdoğan foes, dozens detained: media

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 22, 2015 | World

Istanbul, Reuters—Turkish police launched an operation on Friday to detain dozens of people including businessmen perceived to be supporters of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ally-turned-foe, the Dogan news agency said....