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Lebanon’s Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk

Machnouk Describes Resistance Brigades as Occupation Brigades

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 21, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – It is true that the so-called Hezbollah had transferred most of its leadership and military elite to the Syrian arena to protect Bashar Al-Asad and the Iranian plot for the area, yet in return it was preparing an alternate army named “Resistance Brigades”....

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Iraqi security forces and civilians gather at the site after a car bomb hit Karrada, a busy shopping district in the center of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 3, 2016. Dozens of people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in two separate bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Sunday morning, Iraqi officials said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Abadi Sacks Top Baghdad Security Officials

by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 9, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad–Only one day after accepting the resignation of Interior Minister Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi sacked a number of high-ranking officials responsible for security in Baghdad, including the head of the Baghdad Operations...

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Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chairs cabinet session. (SPA)

Saudi Arabia condemns Hezbollah interference in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 11, 2013 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia condemned Hezbollah’s “blatant interference” in the Syrian crisis on Monday. During a cabinet session chaired by Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Monday, the Saudi cabinet was briefed on the...

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File photo of Yahya Sadeq-Vaziri (AAA)

Asharq Al-Awsat Profile: Yahya Sadeq-Vaziri

by Amir Taheri | Feb 1, 2013 | Profiles

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A man for all seasons. This is how Iran’s intellectual elite knew Yahya Sadeq-Vaziri who died in Tehran aged 101 on Wednesday. The sobriquet fitted a remarkable man with a remarkable life. Sadeq-Vaziri was born when Iran was ruled by the...