Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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Hussein (far right) and Mahmoud (second from left) Al-Awan, at the Military Revolutionary Council base in Darkush, Idlib, Syria May 2013 (AAA)

Father and Son

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | May 26, 2013 | Features

Idlib, Asharq Al-Awsat—When Mahmoud fights on the front line his father is right there beside him. “I want him to be behind me so that I can protect him,” he says as he glances up shyly from the floor. But his father is the boss and he takes a different view. He...

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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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A Free Syrian army fighter takes cover as he shoots near Al Neirab airport in Aleppo February 17, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib

Something’s Rotten in Syria

by Abdullah Al-Otaibi | Feb 5, 2013 | Opinion

The title of this article is drawn from a famous line in “Hamlet”, one of William Shakespeare’s most renowned plays. However the subject of this article is about a reality that is even stranger than the fancies of novelists, playwrights and authors,...