Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55355715
Caption:

Angelino Alfano, Italy’s former Minister of Justice reacts during a debate in the upper house of Parliament in Rome March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo

Italian Police Arrest Syrian Suspected of Trying to Join Militants

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 3, 2016 | World

A Syrian man was arrested in the northern Italian city of Genoa on Wednesday under suspicions of planning to travel to his home country to join the hardline terrorist group ISIS, police said. Anti-terrorism officers detained the unemployed 23-year-old on charges of...

Media ID: 55355713
Caption:

Nigerian soldiers hold up a Boko Haram flag that they had seized in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 18, 2015. Chadian and Nigerien soldiers took the town from Boko Haram militants earlier this week. The Nigerian army said on Tuesday it had repelled Boko Haram from all but three local government districts in the northeast, claiming victory for its offensive against the Islamist insurgents less than two weeks before a presidential election. Picture taken March 18. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun – RTR4TZO2

ISIS Names New Leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 3, 2016 | World

ISIS named a new leader of Boko Haram, the Nigerian ultra-hardline militant group which last year pledged allegiance to it. Abu Musab al-Barnawi was named ISIS’ governor for West Africa in a two-page interview in its weekly magazine, al-Naba, which was...

Media ID: 55355709
Caption:

Houthis Expel Residents of Gurab in Order to Transform it Into Military Zone

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

Saudi led Arab coalition aircraft targeted military supplies belonging to Houthi militias and those loyal to the ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh in the district of Hayfan, south Taiz. Local witnesses told Asharq Al-Awsat that the raids carried out by the coalition...

Media ID: 55355707
Caption:

Toxic Gas Dropped on Syrian Town After Russian Helicopter is Shot Down

by Jordan Dakamseh | Aug 3, 2016 | Middle East

The President of the UN Security Council for August, the permanent representative of Malaysia to the UN Ramlan Ibrahim, said that the Council will discuss who is responsible for the use of chemical weapons in Syria during this month and will announce the results at...

Media ID: 55355705
Caption:

A Bitcoin (virtual currency) paper wallet with QR codes and a coin are seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris, France, May 27, 2015. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Bitcoin Plunges after Bitfinex Exchange in Hong Kong Hacked

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 3, 2016 | Business

Approximately 120,000 units of bitcoin worth nearly US$72 million was stolen from the digital currency exchange platform Bitfinex on Tuesday. The 120,000 units amount to about 0.75 percent of all bitcoin in circulation. The price of bitcoin dropped over 20 percent on...