Caption:
Police forensic experts examine the scene after an attack on a police station in Istanbul, Turkey, on August 10, 2015. (Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir)
Caption:
A copy of the London-based Sunday Times newspaper rests under a computer keyboard and mouse, on August 7, 2009, in London, United Kingdom. (Getty Images/Peter Macdiarmid)
Dipesh Gadher on Extremism in Britain, ISIS, and the Future of Journalism in the Digital Age
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Dipesh Gadher joined the Sunday Times as a graduate trainee in September 1998 and has since held several roles in the news department, including transport correspondent, media correspondent, and deputy news editor. He now works as the...Caption:
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stands in boat on the Suez Canal as he attends the celebration of the completion of the new Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt, on August 6, 2015. (Reuters/The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via Reuters)
Opinion: The Battle for the New Suez Canal
The Muslim Brotherhood considers itself at war with the Egyptian regime. True to form, last week the group launched a massive media campaign to coincide with the inauguration ceremony for the new Suez Canal. The derisory and mocking tone of this campaign could be seen...Caption:
Damage inside a mosque used by members of a local security force, where a suicide bomber killed at least 15 people in an attack on Thursday, is pictured in Abha, southwest Saudi Arabia, on August 6, 2015. (Reuters/Saudi Press Agency/HO)
Saudi Arabia identifies mosque attack bomber
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi authorities on Saturday identified the suicide bomber who carried out Thursday’s attack on a mosque in the country’s southwestern region as 21-year-old Saudi citizen Youssef Bin Suleiman Abdullah Al-Suleiman. The Interior Ministry said...Caption:
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi attends an official ceremony to receive four F-16 fighter jets from the US, at a military base in Balad, Iraq, on 20, 2015. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)