Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55350204
Caption:

Qatar and UAE Flags joined to represent their brotherly relations.

UAE, Qatar: Addressing Political Situation in Damascus and Baghdad Ends Challenges in the Region

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 3, 2016 | Middle East

Abu Dhabi-Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, headed the UAE delegation to the sixth session of the UAE-Qatari Higher Joint Committee. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Qatar’s Foreign Minister...

Media ID: 55350200
Caption:

Representatives of the Kosovo Soccer Federation Eroll Salihu (L) and Fadil Vokrri wait to start the 40th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Budapest, Hungary, May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

Kosovo Joins UEFA, Paves Way for FIFA Application

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 3, 2016 | Sports

After eight years of becoming an independent state, Kosovo was accepted as a member of UEFA on Tuesday, becoming the 55th member of European soccer’s governing body despite strong opposition from neighboring Serbia. Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia...

Media ID: 55350198
Caption:

KAICIID Co-organizes CAR Intra-Muslim Dialogue

Counterterrorism Online Campaigns Launched from Cairo

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | May 3, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo- The upcoming youth forum in Cairo will launch international and regional cloud campaigns addressing violence and terrorist organizations, especially those established in the name of religion, an Egyptian source said. The forum aims at covering all sides to...

Media ID: 55350196
Caption:

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, Virginia, August 14, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing

CIA: Bin Laden’s Takedown is of Historical Value

by Mohammed Ali Saleh | May 3, 2016 | World

Washington- The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spokesman Ryan Trapani, in the past few days, defended the agency’s tweeted details posted in commemoration of five years marking the takedown of al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden. Speaking to ABC- a U.S. based...

Media ID: 55350194
Caption:

United Nations mediator on Syria Staffan de Mistura

Efforts to Restore Syria Ceasefire as Violence Kills Scores

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 3, 2016 | Middle East

The United Nations mediator on Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said on Tuesday that moribund peace talks on the conflict could be resumed if a faltering truce was extended to the northern city of Aleppo, something he and the Russian foreign minister said might happen...