by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 5, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Kuwait has become the fourth country from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to downgrade its relations with Iran after recalling its ambassador. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Sudan have already cut off diplomatic ties with Iran, while the United Arab Emirates has...
by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Jan 5, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
The political isolation of Iran increased yesterday after many Arab and Islamic countries expressed their solidarity with the Saudi Arabian stance regarding severing diplomatic ties with Tehran against the background of its intervention in the internal judicial...
by Osman Mirghani | Jun 4, 2015 | Opinion
“Crisis? What crisis?” These three words brought down the labor government of former British Prime Minister James Callaghan in 1979, and became part of the country’s political folklore. In late 1978 and early 1979 Britain was going through one of its worst political...
by Huda Al-Saleh | Apr 4, 2013 | Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Asharq Al-Awsat has obtained new information about the Iranian espionage cell detained while operating clandestinely on Saudi soil. The Saudi Interior Ministry initially announced that eighteen men—one Iranian national, one Lebanese national,...
by Hussein Shobokshi | Mar 29, 2013 | Opinion
It would be no surprise if Iran is revealed to be behind the espionage cell arrested by the Saudi authorities last week. Iran has lately become the common denominator in every major regional issue. Bahrain is suffering as a result of Iranian interventions and threats,...
