by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 19, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The UK’s Sunday Times learned this week that the Syrian military has prepared batteries of its most advanced missiles to retaliate against Israel in the event of another air strike. This incident has increased fears that the Syrian conflict...
by Eyad Abu Shakra | May 9, 2013 | Opinion
Many political commentators have attempted to discern Israel’s real reasons for the dual strike it launched on military targets in Syria at the end of last week. Personally, I figure that neither Israel’s strategy—especially in the Benjamin Netanyahu era—nor the...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 7, 2013 | Opinion
There is no need to support either. When Israel attacks the Syrian regime, it is defending its security and its interests. We are willing to accept that Assad’s forces and their storage facilities have been attacked, since this helps disarm the regim and accelerate...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 4, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Israel carried out an air strike into Syrian territory, targeting a missiles shipment reportedly bound for Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon, Israeli officials confirmed on Saturday. Tel Aviv had previously made clear that it is prepared to...
by Mohammed Jumeh | Jan 23, 2013 | Middle East
London/Sanaa, Asharq Al-Awsat—A senior Yemeni official denied that the Sanaa government was in possession of any information regarding the reported killing of Saeed Al-Shihri, deputy commander of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). According to a news report by...
