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Cubans chant ‘I am Fidel!’ as the motorcade carrying the late ruler’s ashes leaves Cespedes Park in Santiago Cuba on Friday (AP)

Castro’s Last Wishes: No Monuments or Statues in my Name

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 5, 2016 | World

Santiago de Cuba – Cuba laid the ashes of Fidel Castro at Santiago de Cuba’s Santa Ifigenia cemetery in a private ceremony that was closed to the general public, concluding with that the country’s nine days of mourning. Thousands of people lined on the sides of...

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Osama bin Laden, Reuters

Bin Laden’s Son Threatens to Avenge his Father’s Death

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 11, 2016 | World

London – Son of former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden threatened to revenge his father’s death against the U.S. According to SITE Intelligence Group, an organization that tracks extremist groups online, Hamza bin Laden promised to continue the fight against U.S. and...

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Salman Shaikh, director of Brookings Doha Center (AAA)

Brookings Doha boss on Qatar’s transition

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Jun 25, 2013 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—After weeks of growing speculation, the recent news that Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has decided to cede power to his 33-year-old son, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has prompted fresh questions about the direction of...