by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 19, 2016 | Middle East
Taiz – Pro-government Forces and Houthi militias exchanged nearly 201 prisoners in the largest detainee swap to take place in the city since the beginning of war last year. A committee of three former detainees mediated the negotiations that led to the swap, in...
by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Feb 24, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Jeddah-A senior Yemeni official told Asharq Al-Awsat that the legitimate government was not going to to release the foreign experts, who had carried out terrorist acts in the country and were arrested by the national army according to what the interrogation minutes...
by Mohammad Ali Salih | Feb 7, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East, World
Washington- The Pentagon has released 198 photographs linked to allegations of abuse of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them showing close-ups of cuts and bruises to arms and legs of prisoners held in US facilities. The Pentagon was forced to release the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 30, 2013 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Calm was restored to Sidon in southern Lebanon on Saturday, a day after demonstrations in solidarity with Sunni preacher Sheikh Assir swept the city following clashes between his militia and the Lebanese armed forces. Political tensions remain,...
