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Actors perform on stage during the play ‘Yaby Lahu’ on Tarout island, on Saudi Arabia’s east coast. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Gulf theater showcased in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province

by Ali Al-Qattan | Oct 8, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—Thespians from across the Gulf enjoyed the limelight during Saudi celebrations of Eid Al-Adha in the Eastern Province region with plays staged in Dammam and Tarout Island. Al-Rehla (The Journey), a socio-comedy co-starring Saudi actors Mohamed...

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Free Syrian Army fighters stand at a former base used by fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), after the ISIL withdrew from the town of Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border, March 11, 2014. Syrian refugees in this border outpost were delighted to hear their home town of Azaz had been […]

Opinion: Syria’s Sectarian Specter

by Hamad Al-Majid | Mar 17, 2014 | Opinion

The Iranian government must surely realize that its war on Syrian territory, and its defense of a bloody regime which relishes killing its people, is a lost cause even if the war lasts for decades. At most, it wishes to achieve two objectives: victories on the ground...

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This undated image released by the British Health Protection Agency shows an electron microscope image of a coronavirus, part of a family of viruses that cause ailments including the common cold and SARS, which was first identified last year in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Health Protection Agency)

Saudi Health Ministry Confirms Coronavirus in Al-Ahsa

by Badr Al-Qahtani | May 3, 2013 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Saudi Ministry of Health (MoH) is awaiting the results of a report by a special medical commission into the deaths of five people from the coronavirus in Al-Ahsa province. Two others were admitted into intensive care, bringing the total...