by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 13, 2016 | Middle East
Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered 13 arrests for 15 days each pending an investigation into their role in a wheat procurement corruption scandal, judicial sources said on Saturday. The 13 facing arrest are accused of exploiting, forgery and enabling the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 2, 2016 | Middle East
Ankara – Turkish government admitted for the first time to unfair treatment in the post-coup arrests. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said commenting on the tens of thousands who have been discharged from their positions: “There must definitely be some among them who...
by Taha Abed alWahed | Jul 27, 2016 | World
Moscow- Russian security forces announced making several arrests against terrorists suspected of recruiting ISIS members, and most of which have pledged allegiance to the hardline group and were planning to travel to Syria to fight among ISIS ranks. Officers of the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 5, 2016 | Middle East
Turkey jailed 17 suspects on Tuesday, mostly foreigners, over last week’s suicide bombing at Istanbul’s main airport, the deadliest of several attacks to strike Turkey’s biggest city this year. President Tayyip Erdogan described the attack as the work of...
by Kifah Ziboun | Jun 27, 2016 | Middle East
The fiercest clashes in months erupted inside Al-Aqsa mosque yesterday between worshippers and Israeli occupation forces that stormed the mosque accompanied by settlers who insisted on conducting “provocative” tours inside it. The clashes came at the beginning of the...
