Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55319782
Caption:

Saudi soldiers exercise before a military parade during preparations for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, at a military camp in Arafat, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. (AP)

Saudi Arabia’s border with Iraq secure: official

by Adhwan Alahmari | Aug 8, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s northern border with Iraq, where the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continues to make advances, is secure, boasting state-of-the-art security and surveillance equipment, a senior military official told Asharq...

Media ID: 55332880
Caption:

Former Syrian vice-president Abdul Halim Khaddam speaks with Asharq Al-Awsat. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Abdul Halim Khaddam: Those who vote for Bashar are acting out of fear

by Adhwan Alahmari | Jun 3, 2014 | Interviews

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—Abdul Halim Khaddam originally met Hafez Al-Assad in the early 1950s when still a student activist, the beginning of a life-long association that would see Khaddam elevated to the posts of foreign minister and then vice-president of Syria. His...

Media ID: 55328030
Caption:

A sharp increase in the number of al-Qaida linked fighters joining the fight against President Bashar Assad in Syria is threatening to spill over the borders and prompting the Jewish state to re-evaluate its policy of neutrality in the civil war next door, a senior Israeli intelligence official warned on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because military regulations prevent him from releasing the information, claimed more than 30,000 al-Qaida linked fighters are active in Syria, more than double previous Western estimates. (AP PHOTOS)

Bringing the War Back Home?

by Adhwan Alahmari | Jan 27, 2014 | Features

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—More than 2,000 Muslims from the United States and Europe have joined armed groups fighting in Syria, an increase from 440 such fighters at the end of 2011. Despite that 355 percent increase, foreign fighters from the West still represent no...