Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55365500
Caption:

Injured people wait for an ambulance following an explosion in Kayseri, central Turkey. (AFP Photo)

Turkey Arrests Soldiers in Probe into Kayseri Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 13, 2017 | Middle East

Turkey has arrested five soldiers as part of the investigation into a deadly suicide attack on the military claimed by a Kurdish radical group in the central city of Kayseri in December. A bus — carrying low-ranking privates and non-commissioned officers —...

Media ID: 55365498
Caption:

A general view shows a Middle East Airlines plane being taxied on the runway at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International airport in the Lebanese capital on January 12, 2017. JOSEPH EID / AFP
A judge has ordered the temporary closure of a rubbish dump near Beirut airport after warnings that birds attracted by the garbage were threatening aircraft safety, a lawyer said.

/ AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID

Lebanese Mobilization for Airport Safety over Bird Scare

by Paula Astih | Jan 13, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- The Lebanese government has mobilized to resolve the threat posed to aviation by a rising number of seagulls near Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport. Prime Minister Saad Hariri has chaired meetings this week, the latest of which was on Thursday...

Media ID: 55365495
Caption:

REUTERS photo

Turkish Lira Falls to Historic Low, Calls to Sell Dollars Fail to Reassure Investors

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 13, 2017 | Business

Turkey’s lira headed on Friday for its sharpest weekly fall since the repercussions of a failed coup last July, as the central bank’s endeavors to fix liquidity and calls from President Tayyip Erdogan for Turks to sell dollars did not succeed to reassure...

Media ID: 55365492
Caption:

Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir addresses the nation during the country’s 61st independence day, at the presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan December 31, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Sudanese President Undergoes Cardiac Catheterization, Physicians Recommend He Takes it Easy

by Ahmed Younis | Jan 13, 2017 | World

Khartoum- Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir left hospital after undergoing a minor heart surgery on Wednesday evening, state news agency SUNA said on Thursday. “The Presidency confirmed that (Al Bashir) … has undergone an exploratory cardiac...

Media ID: 55365490
Caption:

Iraqi men visit the great bazaar of Al-Zahraa in eastern Mosul on January 11, 2017. (AFP Photo/Dimitar Dilkoff)

Life and Business Return to Parts of Mosul after Liberation from ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 13, 2017 | Business

Mosul- Explosions can be heard a few blocks away but butcher Haj Fawzi is wielding his cleaver again as he greets customers at a reopened market in liberated east Mosul. “Security has returned, the stalls on the market have re-opened and the clients are also...