by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 30, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- An official source in the Iranian government has stated to Asharq Al-Awsat that his Tehran places the Israeli Dimona nuclear reactor on top of its list of targets if Iran comes under Israeli or US strike. In reply to a question on how Tehran...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 30, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat- In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat in Washington, Dr. Lual Achuil Deng, the new Sudanese Minister of Petroleum, and the first Southerner to be appointed in this position, after years of disputes between Northern and Southern Sudanese...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 29, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat- Sources within the Islamic Jihad Movement have described relations with the Hamas movement as “tense” to the degree that interaction between the two movements’ officials on a political level have ceased. Another high-level...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 28, 2010 | Features, Interviews
Damascus, Asharq Al-Awsat has obtained an audio message recorded by a man claiming to be Ali Hassan al-Majid – who was better known as “Chemical Ali” – addressed to his son, Hassan al-Majid. This message was recorded on 12/12/2009, less than two months...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 27, 2010 | Features, Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat – Brian Fishman is a Counterterrorism Research Fellow at the New America Foundation, as well as a Research Fellow with the Combating Terrorism Center [CTC] at West Point. Fishman previously served as CTC Director of Research, as well as a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 26, 2010 | Business, Interviews
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- This time last year, after I attended the thirtieth Dallah al-Baraka Seminar on Islamic Finance, I wrote an article suggesting that Sheikh Saleh Kamel should establish an Islamic endowment [waqf] for this seminar in order to ensure it...
