by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 23, 2014 | Middle East
Sana’a and London, Asharq Al-Awsat and AP—A number of Yemeni security officials were assassinated on Monday and Tuesday, possibly in retaliation against a series of recent air strikes and drone attacks against Al-Qaeda targets in the south of the country. Yemeni...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 24, 2013 | World
Washington, Associated Press—President Barack Obama and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have pledged cooperation on the security issues that have strained ties between their nations, but sources of long-standing tensions did briefly bubble to the surface....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 22, 2013 | World
Islamabad, Associated Press—Pakistan’s prime minister and US President Barack Obama, meeting for the first time Wednesday, are trying to build on a slow improvement in ties that hit rock bottom two years ago, in part over the US raid that killed Al-Qaeda leader...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 11, 2013 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Four members of a Jihadist group based in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula were buried yesterday, a day after they were killed in an alleged Israeli drone attack. Ansar Beit Al-Muqqadas (“Supporters of Jerusalem”) said five of its...
