by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 28, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – Sources within the Libyan rebel National Transitional Council, which represents the anti-Gaddafi revolutionary forces in the country, have revealed that they are prepared to turn a blind eye to Gaddafi seeking refuge in an African country, in...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 27, 2011 | Features, Interviews
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat – Regardless of the “diplomatic” statements being issued by the Turkish leadership on Syrian affairs, and the “non-diplomatic” statements being issued by the Syrian media towards Ankara, the honeymoon period between...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 25, 2011 | Features, Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Prominent Christian intellectual, Dr. Rafik Habib, who sparked controversy in Egypt by joining the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, warned that the Christian community’s absence from the political...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 24, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat – The arrest of Manal al-Sherif has brought the issue of women driving in Saudi Arabia into the spotlight once again; the issue is an extremely contentions one, causing division between different components of Saudi society. This controversy...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 24, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Islamabad, Asharq Al-Awsat- Pakistani intelligence officials fluent in Arabic have interrogated Osama Bin Laden’s widows and some of his children concerning the night US Special Forces killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in the city of Abbottabad. The...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 23, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat- Jeffrey Feltman, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, and Mohammad Reza Reza Shibani, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Middle East Affairs, have ended two simultaneous visits to Lebanon during which they met...