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FILE – In this August 2, 2013, file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks during a rally to mark Jerusalem day or Al-Quds day, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Hezbollah leader condems “Takfirist” groups for killing civilians

by Nadine Makarem | Aug 17, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Lebanese Hezbollah, gave a speech on Friday afternoon during a rally commemorating the so-called victory in the July 2006 war with Israel in which he condemned Thursday’s bomb attack on a...

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Lebanese Army soldiers patrol on their vehicles the road leading to Beirut international airport, following the kidnap of a Turkish airlines pilot and his colleague in Beirut. (REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban)

Two Turkish pilots kidnapped by gunmen in Beirut

by Nadine Makarem | Aug 9, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Two Turkish Airlines pilots, Murat Akpınar and Murat Ağca, have been kidnapped today, Friday, August 9, in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. According to local reports, six gunmen forced the two out of a shuttle bus less than a kilometer away from...

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File photo of Aaron Brickman. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

In conversation with SelectUSA’s deputy director

by Nadine Makarem | Jul 23, 2013 | Business

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Arab investors have been notorious among political economists for their preference for investing outside the Middle East. One favored destination for direct investment is the US, despite its recent economic problems. SelectUSA is a unit within...

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From left to right: WIEF Chairman Tun Musa Hitam, Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak, Mayor of London Boris Johnson, Minister for Trade and Investment Lord Stephen Green at the 9th WIEF press conference in City Hall, London on July 3, 2013. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

World Islamic Economic Forum to be held in London

by Nadine Makarem | Jul 3, 2013 | Business

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—London is set to become the first western city to host the annual World Economic Islamic Forum (WIEF), it was announced on Wednesday. The forum, set to be held in the city’s Excel Centre in October, was launched by the prime minister of...

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks on Al-Manar, Hezbollah’s official television channel, as a barber shaves a customer at a men’s hairdresser shop in Beirut, April 30, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Divisions in Lebanon’s media on show

by Nadine Makarem | Jun 5, 2013 | Media

Beirut/London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Since the outbreak of the uprising against Bashar Al-Assad in Syria in 2011, the divisions between different factions in Lebanon over the crisis in neighboring Syria have been played out through the country’s media outlets. But...