by Dr. Khaled Yamout | Jul 5, 2016 | Features
“The Fall and Rise of the Islamic state”, a book written by Noah Feldman issued in 2014 has been one of the important western attempts that tried to discuss the dismantling of the Islamic state, and its return of in the political Islamic geography. His central thesis...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 30, 2015 | Middle East
Baghdad, AP—Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says a US drone strike has killed two of its advisers in Iraq, though the US said on Monday it has only struck militants in its campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. The claim came...
by Faeq Muneef | Jan 6, 2014 | Opinion
One of the obstacles in the fight against epidemic viruses is the evolution of newer, more virulent strains which emerge after medical science has begun to make progress in lessening the initial impact. These strains sometimes carry mutations that make traditional...
by Michel Abu Najm | Jul 16, 2013 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—A senior figure in the Free Syrian Army (FSA) has told Asharq Al-Awsat that Al-Qaeda was about to announce an Islamic state in northern Syria. The source, who preferred to remain anonymous, said the time for the announcement was confirmed to be...
by Sherif Ayoub | Jun 14, 2013 | Opinion
The resurgence of Islamic thought in the 20th century has served as a call to action by some Muslim leaders, demanding the adherents of the religion, such as myself, work together to supplant the Western-dominated models of statehood in Muslim countries. In fact, it...
