by Salman Al-dossary | Jul 13, 2017 | Opinion
Qatar is dealing with its vicinity similarly to the tortoise when it senses danger. After 39 days of the boycott, Doha has only made one step out of hundred due others – it signed a memorandum of understanding with the US on fighting terrorism funding. Qatar...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2016 | Middle East
The Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg said yesterday that attacks on the Syrian city of Aleppo are “a blatant violation of international law”, and urged Russia to make “credible efforts” to restore the ceasefire. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel also...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 3, 2013 | World
United Nations, Reuters—The 193-nation UN General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the first treaty on the global arms trade, which seeks to regulate the $70 billion business in conventional arms and keep weapons out of the hands of human rights abusers....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 19, 2013 | World
Kigali, Reuters—The US embassy in Rwanda was working out on Tuesday what to do with a Congolese warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court, a day after Bosco Ntaganda walked off the street and turned himself in to face war crimes charges. Ntaganda stunned US...
by Alex Edwards | Mar 14, 2013 | World
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said on Wednesday that action to arm the Syrian opposition would be illegal. The comments followed a meeting in London between the ministers of defense and foreign affairs of both Britain and Russia....
