by Wajdi Al-Aridi | Aug 8, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut- Lebanon’s political circles were busy on Monday following the repercussions of a ceremony held Sunday to commemorate the Mountain Reconciliation anniversary in the presence of President Michel Aoun. The ceremony ended up revealing a dispute between the two...
by Paula Astih | Feb 19, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut- Lebanon has practically entered an open political crisis after Interior Minister Nohad Mashnouq signed a decree on Saturday calling on voters to participate in the next parliamentary elections based on the 1960 law, which President Michel Aoun rejects. The...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 14, 2017 | World
Geneva- Hopes for a peace deal on Cyprus stalled Friday over controversial Greek and Turkish statements. A number of officials earlier expressed optimism regarding reaching a deal and solving the issue after five days of negotiations in Geneva between Cypriot...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 7, 2016 | Opinion
During almost every Hajj season, there is an Iranian war of words with Saudi Arabia and this year’s pilgrimage is no exception. The latest statements are worse than any made over the last thirty years and honestly reflect the state of relations between Riyadh and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 5, 2013 | World
Reuters, Beijing—China accused the Philippines on Thursday of deliberately stirring up trouble over a chain of disputed reefs and rocks in the South China Sea, saying Manila was “creating trouble out of nothing” over an intrinsically Chinese territory....
