by Layal Abu Rahal | Dec 18, 2013 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—A Hezbollah checkpoint in east Lebanon was the target of a car bombing on Tuesday, the first incident of its kind in the Beqaa region, scene of a number of other recent attacks on targets associated with the organization. The bombing was also...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 29, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Reuters—At least 23 people were killed in Iraq on Monday in a series of car bombs in Shi’ite Muslim areas and militant attacks, medics and police sources said, taking the week’s death toll to nearly 200 as sectarian violence intensifies. Clashes...
by Mohammed Jumeh | Mar 5, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—At least 13 people were killed yesterday in a suicide bombing targeting the headquarters of a Yemeni pro-government militia in the southern city of Lawder. The attack came after Al-Qaeda announced the failure of mediated talks with the...
