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Kuwait: Appeal Court Refuses to Set Free “Fintas” Group

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Jul 14, 2016 | Middle East

Kuwait – Appeal court jailed alleged “Fintas Group” members: former head of State Security Department Sheikh Athbi al-Fahd al-Sabah including other convicts. On May 30, the convicts were sentenced to five years imprisonment, a first degree sentence. Among the...

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Bahrain PM: We Won’t Allow Anyone to Create Internal Challenge for us

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jun 28, 2016 | Middle East

Manama-Bahrain’s Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa said Monday his country will not allow anyone to create an internal challenge stressing that regulatory procedures are necessary, as no country can bear the consequences of instability, particularly...

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Saudi Ministry of Justice: Our Principles do Not Force Couples to Separate

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 9, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

In a statement released today by the Adviser to and Spokesman for the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Justice HE Sheikh Mansur Al-Qifari, he stated that the judiciary system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia applies the principles of Islamic Law which brought the most just...

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Asharq Al-Awsat Appeals against Granting Bail to Arrested Assailants

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 9, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper lawyer appealed last Friday against the judicial decision on freeing the seven arrested attackers, who had assaulted the newspaper’s Beirut offices. The retributive single judge, Wael Sadiq, has approved the requests of discharge...

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Iranian protesters taking part in a demonstration on the 36th anniversary of the attacks on the US embassy in Tehran last year whilst chanting “Death to America” (Getty)

Why the US Government Rejected an American Judge’s Finding of an Iranian Role in the 9/11 Attacks

by Joseph Braude | Apr 2, 2016 | World

As shown by Asharq Al-Awsat in a series of reports, exclusive interviews, and U.S. federal court and government documents, an elaborate case brought to trial by September 11 victims and insurance companies against the Islamic Republic of Iran has concluded in a...