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Terrorist Attack on a Saudi Citizen in Al-Awamiyah

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jan 9, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Saudi Eastern Province police have announced that a Saudi citizen was abducted and beaten by unknown terrorists who intend to provoke a riot in Awamiyah for the second time in one week. The police explained in an official statement that the incident happened on...

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Iranian officials of interior ministry sit next to a picture of late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (EPA)

Three Decades of Iranian terrorism in the Gulf

by Adhwan Alahmari | Jan 9, 2016 | Middle East

Iran’s threats to Gulf countries are not new and nor did they suddenly appear. Since the rise of the mullahs’ rule, Iran has turned into a country ruled by a revolutionary leader and is stepping up its rhetoric that some describe as “uncontrolled and...

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Princess Ashraf Pahlavi with former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kurt Waldheim in June 20, 1975 (AP)

Princess Ashraf, the Shah of Iran’s Twin Sister and Engineer of His Rule Dies

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 9, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, the twin sister of the last shah of Iran Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi has died in France aged 96. The late princess played an active role in the political and diplomatic Iranian arena for decades, and first became well known in 1945 when she led...

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An Iranian child holding a message requesting help in a queue of Iranian refugees at the border between Greece and Macedonia (Getty)

Iran is Ranked No.1 Globally for Human Trafficking

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 9, 2016 | Middle East

In a report issued by the US Department of State, Iran occupied first place for world-wide human trafficking, in particular the trafficking of children. Iranian police stations have registered strange complaints such as unearthing tombs, stealing parts of corpses and...

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The Iraqi Interior Minister Mohammed Salem Al Ghabban (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Iraqi Interior Minister: Gangs with Political Purposes Kidnapped Qataris

by Hamza Mustafa | Jan 9, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Iraqi Minister of Interior Mohammed Al-Ghabban described Iraq’s security cooperation with neighbouring countries, in particular Saudi Arabia, as outstanding. He stressed that this cooperation was not affected by rising political tensions between the two countries....