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Opinion: To Those Celebrating the Chilcot Report

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 8, 2016 | Opinion

One can pick out what one wants to from the Chilcot report that took nearly seven years to complete and comprises of more than one a half million words. However, the huge report does not contain a single accusation of criminality against the then British Prime...

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Smoke rises from Al-Masjid an-Nabaw in Medina, Saudi Arabia on July 5. Reuters

Terrorism in Madinah, Rooted in Raqqa

by Salman Al-dossary | Jul 8, 2016 | Opinion

Two chief factors play as to why Germany has yet not suffered a terrorist attack: “cooperation among security and intelligence agencies and luck,” according to the German security chief. After the latest attacks on Saudi Arabia and Turkey, no one can expect where the...

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A traffic light shows red as a dust storm blankets the Sydney Harbour Bridge at sunrise September 23, 2009. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne

Gulf Witnesses Unprecedented Heat Wave

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Jul 8, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Riyadh-Climate experts have warned that an unprecedented heat wave will strike the Gulf in the coming months, saying Saudi Arabia will be heavily affected by rising temperatures given its huge geographic area. Specialists told Asharq Al-Awsat there are expectations...

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French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

French FM to Urge Lebanese Officials not to Link Political Crisis to Syria War

by Michel Abu Najm | Jul 8, 2016 | Middle East

Paris- French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault is scheduled to visit Beirut next Monday to compel Lebanese officials into ending the country’s political crisis by electing a new president. The minister, who is set to make a two-day official visit to Beirut, “does...

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Yemeni Government: Our Confidence in Ould Cheikh Has Been Shaken

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Jul 8, 2016 | Middle East

Jeddah-Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdul Malik al-Mekhlafi, who is also heading the government delegation at the peace talks in Kuwait, said that the meeting between Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud and Yemeni...