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The Saudi Foreign Minister speaking to reporters at the Saudi Embassy in London yesterday (Adhwan Al-Ahmari)

Al-Jubeir: Iran’s Threats Do Not Scare Us and it Has a Track Record of Targeting Embassies

by Adhwan Alahmari | Jan 15, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir told Asharq Al-Awsat that Iran’s threats do not scare Riyadh and that Saudi Arabia will act to protect its interests and the interests of its allies in ways that it deems appropriate. His statement came as an answer to a...

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Iranian officials of interior ministry sit next to a picture of late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (EPA)

Three Decades of Iranian terrorism in the Gulf

by Adhwan Alahmari | Jan 9, 2016 | Middle East

Iran’s threats to Gulf countries are not new and nor did they suddenly appear. Since the rise of the mullahs’ rule, Iran has turned into a country ruled by a revolutionary leader and is stepping up its rhetoric that some describe as “uncontrolled and...

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A picture of the incident captured by CCTV on Tuesday (the internet)

Man in His Eighties is Accused of Attempted Murder by Pushing a Woman Wearing Hijab into an Oncoming Train in London

by Adhwan Alahmari | Nov 14, 2015 | World

A press officer for the British Transport Police, Jimmy Thomas, said in a statement to “Asharq Al-Awsat” that Yoshiyuki Shinohara, the pensioner who pushed a woman towards an underground train at Piccadilly Station last Tuesday is currently in custody charged with...

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A general view of Saudi Arabia’s embassy is seen in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 11, 2015. (Reuters/Nora Lorek/TT News Agency)

Diplomatic rift between Saudi Arabia and Sweden widens as Kingdom recalls ambassador

by Adhwan Alahmari | Mar 12, 2015 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador to Sweden on Wednesday, in the latest development in an ongoing diplomatic rift between the two countries. A Saudi Foreign Ministry statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency on Wednesday said the...

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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah (R) meeting with Iraqi President Fuad Masoum (L) in Riyadh on November 11, 2014 (SPA)

Saudi Arabia moves closer to reopening Baghdad embassy

by Adhwan Alahmari | Dec 11, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia is set to send a delegation to Baghdad within a few weeks to choose a location for its embassy in coordination with the Iraqi government, a foreign ministry source told Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday. “A technical, non-political,...