by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 28, 2011 | Profiles
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat –When one thinks of the security of Saudi Arabia, one immediately thinks of Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and vice versa. This is because newly appointed Crown Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz is synonymous with the security of the Kingdom of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 13, 2011 | Profiles
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat – Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the US, Adel al-Jubair, has found himself in the international spotlight this week after an alleged Iranian-backed plot to assassinate him in Washington was foiled. But just who is Adel al-Jubair? Adel Bin Ahmed...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 18, 2011 | Profiles
London / Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – According to a number of media reports, the Egyptian jihadist Saif Al-Adel has been appointed the interim leader of the terrorist Al Qaeda organization, following the death of Osama Bin Laden. Saif Al-Adel, an assumed name which...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 8, 2011 | Profiles
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – Musa Kusa’s defection from the Gaddafi regime represents just one more surprising incident in the surprising life of this former senior Libyan government official, and close confidant of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Musa Kusa...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 15, 2010 | Profiles
Sanaa, Asharq Al-Awsat- Prior to the summer of 2004, few people inside or outside of Yemen had ever heard of the Huthi rebels. The Huthis began their operations in the 1990s as an ideological Zaidi Shiite movement under the name Al-Shabbab al-Mummin [The Young...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 1, 2009 | Profiles
Islamabad, Asharq Al-Awsat – As Pakistani security forces battle the Taliban in the strategic northwestern valley of Buner, Asharq Al-Awsat takes a look at the one of the country’s most important religious figures embroiled in this battle; Maulana Sufi Muhammad....
