Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55348533
Caption:

The Russian President Putin meeting with the Russian foreign and defence ministers in his office at the Kremlin yesterday when he announced the withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria (AFP)

Putin Drops a Bombshell by Withdrawing Troops from Syria as Geneva Talks Begin

by Michel Abu Najm | Mar 15, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday ordered his army to begin withdrawing Russian forces from Syria and said that Russia’s military intervention has achieved its objectives to a large extent. The Russian president held a meeting with the Russian...

Media ID: 55348531
Caption:

Carnations are placed at the site of Sunday’s suicide bomb attack in Ankara, Turkey March 15, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Four Dead in Clashes in Southeast Turkey’s Diyarbakir

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 15, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

One police officer and three militants were killed in clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish insurgents in southeast Turkey’s largest city of Diyarbakir on Tuesday, security sources said, as local authorities imposed a curfew. Fighting has renewed...

Media ID: 55348530
Caption:

Smoke pours from the twin towers of the World Trade Center after they were hit by two hijacked airliners in a terrorist attack September 11, 2001

US Court Says Hezbollah, Tehran Responsible for 9/11 Attacks

by Mohammed Ali Saleh | Mar 15, 2016 | World

Washington- A US judge ordered Iran to pay over $10 billion in damages to families of victims who died on September 11, 2001. The default judgement was issued by US District Judge George Daniels in New York on Wednesday. Under the ruling, Tehran was ordered to pay...

Media ID: 55348527
Caption:

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un talks with officials at the ballistic rocket launch drill of the Strategic Force of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) at an unknown location, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on March 11, 2016. REUTERS/KCNA

North Korea Will Soon Test Nuclear Warhead

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 15, 2016 | World

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced that his country would soon conduct tests of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the North’s KCNA news agency reported. He said the tests would include blowing up a nuclear...