by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 18, 2011 | Features, Interviews
London, Asharq Al- Awsat – Asharq Al-Awsat spoke with writer, journalist and academic, Peter Bergen, in the wake of the killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden. Bergen is CNN’s National Security Analyst and senior fellow at the Washington D.C. based New...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 17, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Riyadh / Islamabad / Kuala Lumpur, Asharq Al-Awsat – A Saudi diplomat, Hassan Bin Misfir Al-Qahtani, aged 37, was killed yesterday in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, after being shot by unknown assailants whilst driving to work at the Saudi consulate in...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 16, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Arbil, Asharq al-Awsat- A senior Iraqi security source described the security breach that occurred in a counter-terrorism prison at the Interior Ministry compound in Rusafa, Baghdad, last week, as the “most serious so far”. He placed responsibility for the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 16, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- An oppositionist based in Ahvaz has stated to Asharq Al-Awsat that members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps were sent to Syria to break up the protests there, after the Iranian Revolution guide issued instructions to support the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 14, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, the head of Syria’s National Organization for Human Rights, Ammar al-Qurabi, discussed the political and humanitarian situation in the country. Al-Qurabi described the humanitarian...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 14, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat – In an exclusive interview, the President of the New America Foundation think-tank Steve Coll spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat about the recent killing of former Al Qaeda chief, Osama Bin Laden, and who will most likely succeed him as the next leader...