by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 17, 2017 | Middle East
A bomb blast wrecked a bus carrying police officers on Tuesday in the southern Turkish province of Mersin. According to the report cited by Reuters, the blast injured 18 people in an attack that security sources blamed on Kurdish militants. Seventeen of those hurt...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 24, 2017 | World
A car bomber attacked a Danish convoy belonging to the NATO-led military mission in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday. International forces were all safe, however, the attack let a number of civilians wounded, according to security officials. Security officials say...
by Amanda Taub | Aug 21, 2017 | Features
Barcelona- This time it was Barcelona. An ordinary van was transformed into a deadly and indiscriminate weapon. It seemed to be yet another blow to trust in a basic social compact: that people are essentially safe when they walk down the street, relying on drivers to...
by Ghassan Charbel | Aug 21, 2017 | Opinion
Whenever an explosion shakes a city, the same scene is repeated. I see eyes fastened to the breaking news on the screens. I hear the whispers of my colleagues: let’s hope the perpetrator is not an Arab; let’s hope he’s not a Muslim; we don’t need more… I hear them and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 1, 2017 | Middle East
A number of prominent experts in Iranian affairs strongly denounced and rebuffed the Iranian regime for procrastinating and eventually halting investigations into the 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran. The 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic...
