Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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Syrian opposition coalition leader Moaz Alkhatib speaks during a press conference. (AP)

Syrian Opposition Leader Resigns

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 24, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Moaz Alkhatib, leader of the Western-based Syrian opposition coalition has resigned, citing frustrations with the body’s inability to advance the fight against President Bashar Assad. Alkhatib said in a statement posted on his Facebook...

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Iraqi Scholars Association Head Sheikh Khalid Al Mulla. (AAA File Photo)

Sheikh Khalid Al Mulla Talks to Asharq Al-Awsat

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Mar 17, 2013 | Interviews

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sheikh Khalid Al Mulla, head of the Iraqi Scholars Association in the South, called for all Iraqis to place national identity before sectarianism. He told Asharq Al-Awsat in an interview that “Iraq is under attack by international terrorist...

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)

Alawites Not Responsible for Assad’s Survival

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 10, 2013 | Opinion

I read Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s statements to Asharq Al-Awsat more than once because he addresses a number of sensitive issues very frankly and it is not often that a politician reveals his thoughts to others. He knowingly spoke of Syria, where he...

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Besieging Kurdistan and al-Anbar

Al-Maliki: Besieging Kurdistan and al-Anbar

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 15, 2013 | Opinion

Anybody who believes the story about this “high-level intelligence” is truly ignorant about the nature of geopolitics. This story was made public by an anonymous government source to justify the closure of Iraq’s border crossing with Jordan and the subsequent impact...