by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 8, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Washington/Sanaa, Asharq Al-Awsat – Prominent US officials have stated that the United States has mobilized “Predator” drones to hunt Al-Qaeda elements inside Yemen for the first time since 2002, but is yet to utilize them because of a lack of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 7, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Jawad al-Bulani, Iraqi interior minister and secretary general of the Iraq Unity bloc, has said that the initiative of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, the custodian of the two holy shrines, is “important, sincere, honest, and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 6, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
Egypt celebrated the centenary of Cairo’s Museum of Islamic Art last week, on 25 October. The celebration took place in an atmosphere reminiscent of the One Thousand and One Nights, not in terms of the lavishness, extravagance, music or rejoicing, that...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 5, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat- , With the South Sudanese referendum approaching, last weekend there were coordinated demonstrations in some U.S. cities, carried out by [American-based] Southern Sudanese protestors, in support of the referendum. In one city, Omaha...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 5, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat- Head of the Al-Iraqiya Coalition and former prime minister of the Iraqi Government, Iyad Allawi sees the initiative of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz as an important opportunity for dialogue among the Iraqi...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 4, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
London/Damascus, Asharq Al-Awsat- A source close to Dr. Adel Abdel-Mahdi, Vice President of Iraq and leading member of the Supreme Islamic Council, headed by Ammar al-Hakim, revealed that he discussed, during a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus...
