Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

France | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
Select Page
Media ID: 55357845
Caption:

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Reuters


French Public Prosecution Refers Sarkozy to Trial

French Public Prosecution Refers Sarkozy to Trial

Paris-French former President Nicolas Sarkozy was shocked to know that he, with 13 other people, might be trialed before a criminal court for suspected illegal financing of his failed re-election presidential campaign in 2012. The move was a major blow to the former...
Media ID: 55354095
Caption:

Britain’s former Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a joint news conference with his Polish counterpart Beata Szydlo in Warsaw, Poland December 10, 2015. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel


The Disastrous Nonintervention in Syria

The Disastrous Nonintervention in Syria

I do not know what would have happened if three years ago David Cameron, the British prime minister, had not foolishly held and lost a vote on intervention in Syria in the House of Commons. Perhaps if he had paid more attention, seemed more interested and told his...
Media ID: 55357572
Caption:

Smoke rises after an airstrike hit Mitiga airport, in Tripoli March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Hani Amara


Militias Vandalize Airbus at Mitiga Airport

Militias Vandalize Airbus at Mitiga Airport

Cairo-A Tripoli militia slashed on Wednesday the tires of an Afriqiyah Airways A330 Airbus at Mitiga International Airport to prevent it from taking off. Sources said that vandalizing the airplane was to prevent it from taking off following rumors that it might be...
Media ID: 55357550
Caption:

Unidentified soldiers overran Crimea in March 2014. Russia reclaimed the territory from Ukraine, and President Vladimir V. Putin later admitted that the troops were Russian special forces. Credit Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times


Media ID: 55357354
Caption:

Protesters demonstrate against France’s ban of the burkini, outside the French Embassy in London, Britain August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall