by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Nov 4, 2016 | Interviews
Tripoli- Tayeb El Safi, a trusted aide to former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for decades, expressed to Asharq al-Awsat his rejection of the phenomenon of multiple governments considering it as a negative sign. “The fact that we have three governments in the current...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 15, 2016 | Opinion
When Saddam Hussein naively invaded Iran in 1980, he thought that the chaos that accompanied Ayatollah Khomeini’s rise to power was an opportunity to regain what his first enemy, the Shah of Iran, made him surrender by force. The former Iraqi president refused to heed...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 12, 2016 | Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia and Jordan yesterday agreed to establish a joint investment fund during the Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Jordan. Prince Mohammed who is also the Saudi Second Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence met King Abdullah...
