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An attendant carries the United Nations flag into a meeting room before U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets Norway’s Foreign Minister Borge Brende at U.N. headquarters in New York, November 13, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Segar

KSA Inspects Taif Missile Source, Takes Diplomatic Steps in Security Council

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Oct 11, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- A Saudi source told Asharq al-Awsat that military experts commenced on Monday inspecting the missile launched by Houthi forces in Yemen on Saudi Arabia. The source added that inspection will reveal the type of missile which targeted Taif on Monday and its...

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Russia Ambassador Vitaly Churkin is joined by Venezuelan Ambassador Rafael Ramirez as Russia vetoes a French-Spanish resolution on Syria at the U.N. headquarters, October 8, 2016 (AFP Photo/Dominick Reuter)

Saudi Arabia Acts at U.N. Security Council to Denounce Assad

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Oct 10, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh-Saudi Ambassador to the U.N. Abdallah Al-Mouallimi revealed that his country would present a letter to the Security Council demanding the cessation of fighting and air assaults in Syria’s Aleppo, after Russia used its veto against a French draft resolution...

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In this Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 photo, a Jordanian teacher talks to Syrian refugee students at a school in Amman, Jordan. (AP Photo/Ahmad Alameen)

158 Thousand Syrian Students Enrolled in Saudi Schools, Universities

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Sep 19, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Around 158,000 Syrian students are currently enrolled in schools and universities across Saudi Arabia. In remarks to Asharq al-Awsat newspaper on Sunday, the executive director of Saudi Arabia’s National Campaign to Support Syrians in need, Mubarak Al-Bakr,...

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(L to R) Lebanese Army chief Jean General Jean Kahwaji, Lebanese Defende Minister Samir Moqbel, Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Asiri and French Defende minister Jean-Yves Le Drian take part in a hand-over ceremony of a shipment of Saudi-funded French weapons to the Lebanese Army at Beirut International Airport on 20 April, 2015 (AFP).

Lebanon’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia: the Kingdom Treats all Lebanese without Discrimination

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Aug 17, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh-Lebanese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Abdul Sattar Issa confirmed that the Saudi authorities used a mechanism to resolve the case of foreign laborers in Saudi Oger. The ambassador told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the Saudi Ministry of Labor is working with a...

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An Iranian border guard is seen at Pak-Iran border. (AFP)

Iran Seeks to Form a Military Force in Pakistan

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Aug 14, 2016 | World

Riyadh – Pakistani MP Abdul Karim Bakhesh warned that Iran is trying to extend its power in Pakistan. Speaking to Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, Bakhesh said that Tehran is aiming to influence the Pakistani political arena through hosting prominent political and religious...