Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55382255
Caption:

Peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) take part in the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees in Paris July 14, 2012. Bertrand Guay/AFP

Syrian Regime Confiscates Lebanese Prime Minister’s Properties

by Thaer Abbas | Sep 1, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, London- Syrian opposition sources uncovered to Asharq Al-Awsat on Thursday that the authorities in Damascus issued a decision to confiscate all the properties of Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Syria and transfer them to the ownership of the state,...

Media ID: 55381252
Caption:

Traditional coastal salt production was once popular in Lebanon, but the fully artisanal practice now survives in just a single seaside town, Anfeh, north of Beirut. (AFP)

In Lebanon, Salt Producers Fear Craft is Drying up

by Thaer Abbas | Aug 18, 2017 | Features

At 93, Elias al-Najjar has spent half a century harvesting salt by hand from ponds on Lebanon’s Mediterranean shore, but he and his colleagues fear their way of life is dying. Traditional coastal salt production was once popular in Lebanon, but the fully...

Media ID: 55380880
Caption:

Kenyan police chase protesters in the Mathare slum in Nairobi. (AFP)

3 Killed in Kenya over Presidential Elections Result

by Thaer Abbas | Aug 12, 2017 | World

Opposition protests that erupted after the election victory of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta have turned violent in the African country, with three people killed on Saturday. The latest deaths mean nine people have been killed in election-related violence since...

Media ID: 55380558
Caption:

Vice Custodian of Two Holy Mosques Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives a message from the Emir of Kuwait. (SPA)

Kuwait Renews Efforts to Resolve Crisis with Qatar

by Thaer Abbas | Aug 8, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah, Kuwait, Cairo – As part of efforts to bolster the Kuwaiti mediation to resolve the Gulf crisis with Qatar, Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah sent personal envoys to Saudi Arabia and Egypt to convey messages to the two countries’ leaders....

Media ID: 55380372
Caption:

Lionel Messi celebrates with a delighted mob of fans after Barcelona’s 6-1 second-leg win over PSG in March. They lost the first leg 4-0. Photograph: Santi Garcés/FC Barcelona

Neymar to PSG: How Money and Lionel Messi Led to the Sale of the Century

by Thaer Abbas | Aug 5, 2017 | Sports

London- At the end of Barcelona’s comeback against Paris Saint-Germain in March, their hero leapt on to the advertising boards at the north end of the Camp Nou, fans surging forward at his feet, still barely able to believe what they had just seen. At first he swayed...