by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 8, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Egyptian police raided a house south of Cairo, shooting dead four “terrorist elements” who had been making explosives, the interior ministry said on Sunday, the third such incident in as many weeks. It said the men were suspected members of the Ajnad Misr, a group...
by Huda Al Husseini | Feb 7, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
London- Prime Minister Tammam Salam warned that the ongoing political conflict weakens the state and paves way for the establishment of statelets, deeming the election of a president as key to the protection of Lebanon’s current political system. He held talks...
by Mohammad Ali Salih | Feb 7, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East, World
Washington- The Pentagon has released 198 photographs linked to allegations of abuse of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them showing close-ups of cuts and bruises to arms and legs of prisoners held in US facilities. The Pentagon was forced to release the...
by Hatim Betioui | Feb 7, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Rabat- According to a reliable diplomatic source to Asharq Al-Awsat, today is expected to be the day for announcing a national unity government in Skhirat Resort, located in the Moroccan capital, Rabat; unless, something delays the event. He added that the Libyan...
by Arafat Madabish | Feb 7, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Aden- The leader and spokesman of Popular Resistance in Sana’a, Abdullah al-Shandaqi, said yesterday that the Houthis and their ally, the ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, have closed all the doors and obstructed all the initiatives that aimed at reaching peaceful...
