by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 2, 2011 | Features, Interviews
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the mastermind of the September 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people has been killed in Pakistan by U.S.-led forces. Following is the text of Obama’s statement to America: Tonight, I can...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 30, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Ali Al Issawi, the Libyan rebel Foreign Affairs Minister appointed by the Libyan National Transitional Council that is based in the anti-Gaddafi stronghold of Benghazi, spoke about a number of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 28, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat- The Iranian opposition accused Tehran of interfering in the affairs of Arab states “in order to protect the Tehran regime from collapse.” The People’s Mujahedin of Iran, also known as the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization [MKO]...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 27, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat – NATO’s International Security Assistance Force [ISAF] has announced that a high-ranking member of Al Qaeda, Saudi citizen Saleh Naif Eid Al-Makhlafi, has been killed in Afghanistan. Al-Makhlafi, who went by several aliases including Abu...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 27, 2011 | Features, Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- in an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Arab League Deputy Secretary General, Ahmad Bin-Hilli, discusses the ambiguities surrounding the postponement of the Arab summit scheduled to be held in Baghdad. He affirmed that the meeting of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 26, 2011 | Features, Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat – The jihadist media has moved to publish a new magazine that is concerned with women jihadists. Observers have said that the objective of the publication of the “Al-Shamikha” magazine, which translates as “The Majestic...