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BDS protesters in Italy. (AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)

Israel to Expel Tourists Who Support the Palestinian Cause

by Nazir Majli | Aug 9, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv – Israeli government, represented by Strategic Affairs and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan and Minister of Interior Affairs Aryeh Deri, has decided to establish a taskforce to identify and expel tourists who support an international boycott of Israel....

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Opinion: Will Turkey Boycott the West?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 20, 2016 | Opinion

The number of Gulf Arab tourists who visit Turkey does not exceed more than 200,000 a year, while the number of Russian and Iranian tourists is 4 million and 1.5 million respectively per year. These figures can help us understand relations between the states and what...

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Kuwaiti protesters step on a picture of Hezbollah’s chief Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against Hezbollah and Iran’s involvement in Syria, in front the Lebanese embassy in Kuwait city on June 11,2013. AFP PHOTO/YASSER AL-ZAYYAT

Opinion: Opening a new front against Assad

by Hussein Shobokshi | Jun 16, 2013 | Opinion

Calls for sanctions have made a powerful return to the Arabic political scene. This time they target Iranian and, to a lesser extent, Russian products, as well as companies associated with Hezbollah. There is a new and increasing conviction that economic punishment is...

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Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi (C) addresses a national dialogue in Sana’a on March 30, 2013. (AFP Photo)

Hadi: National Dialogue Only Way to Avoid Civil War

by Arafat Madabish | Mar 31, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi has claimed there are certain entities seeking to obstruct the comprehensive Yemeni national dialogue conference, which began on the 18th March. Meanwhile, the UN envoy to Yemen is continuing to...

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British Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt speaks during a press conference in Baghdad on February 12, 2013. (AFP)

Alistair Burt Discusses Friends of Yemen Conference

by Mohammed Jumeh | Mar 11, 2013 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen is fast approaching a pivotal juncture. On the one hand, the country represents one of the more successful cases to emerge from the Arab Spring: Demonstrations first broke out in early 2011 and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh...