by Heba El Koudsy | Dec 15, 2015 | World
US President, Barack Obama, announced on Monday that his country had achieved great success in tracking and killing ISIS leaders to recapture lands seized by the terrorist organization. Obama confirmed that in total, the United States and its partners have dropped...
by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 27, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi military operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has entered its second phase, with the country’s military chasing down Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Anbar province and other desert areas, an Iraqi military source...
by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Dec 23, 2013 | Opinion
During a recent talk with an American journalist in Riyadh, I could sense his keenness to speak about Saudi jihadists in Syria. He had an obsession with Al-Qaeda-linked organizations and with the involvement of some Saudi youth in them, and he alluded to the Saudi...
by Sherzad Shekhani | Sep 15, 2013 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—A conflict over ransom money has erupted between Al-Qaeda and Ansar Al-Sunnah in Iraq’s northern Kirkuk region, high-level security sources have informed Asharq Al-Awsat. Brig. Gen. Sarhad Qadar, commander of the Kirkuk police force, told Asharq...
