by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 6, 2012 | Profiles
London, Asharq Al-Awsat – Nasser al-Kidwa has been appointed as deputy to Kofi Annan, the joint UN-Arab League special envoy to Syria. For the first time since being entrusted with the post last month, Annan will visit Damascus on 10 March in an effort to promote a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 16, 2012 | Profiles
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Hours after his nomination as head of Libya’s intelligence services Salem al-Hassi told Asharq Al-Awsat that he has inherited a heavy burden, saying that his mission will be to restructure the Libyan intelligence services, and change its...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 26, 2012 | Profiles
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Threatened with impeachment before departing his country and with arrest on his return, General Pervez Musharraf is not one to shy away from controversy. His rule of Pakistan between 1999 and 2008 was marked in turn by regional discord,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 17, 2012 | Profiles
Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat – Last week, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, issued a royal decree relieving Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Humain from his duties as president of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 28, 2011 | Profiles
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- When Mohammed Ahmad Mustafa al-Dabi — a former Lieutenant General in the Sudanese army with extensive experience in military intelligence – was chosen for the post of head of the Arab League observers in Syria, a number of human...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 6, 2011 | Profiles
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud yesterday appointed Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as the new Saudi Defense Minister, following the death of Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who held the...
