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Palestinian groom Emad al-Malalha, 21, walks with Manal Abu Shanar, 17, his Egyptian bride inside a smuggling tunnel beneath the Gaza-Egypt border in the southern Gaza Strip March 21, 2013. (REUTERS)

The Tunnel Economy

by Ali Ibrahim | Apr 2, 2013 | Opinion

On March 21 a couple from both sides of the Sinai border, an Egyptian bride and Palestinian groom, chose a strange place to take pictures of their wedding. They posed in one of the tunnels that pass underground through the border between Rafah in Egypt and the Gaza...

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Asharq Al-Awsat file photo of Asir Province (AAA).

10,000 Attempt to Enter Asir Province in 20 days

by Badr Al-Qahtani | Mar 31, 2013 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Abdullah Nassar, a media spokesman for the security committee formed in Saudi Arabia’s Asir province, revealed that security authorities in the region have arrested around 10,000 people entering the country illegally—the majority of whom are...

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Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Turki gestures during a news conference in Riyadh March 24, 2013. (REUTERS)

Mansour Al-Turki Details Saudi Security Situation

by Badr Al-Qahtani | Mar 25, 2013 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Major General Mansour Al-Turki, security spokesman for the Saudi interior ministry, has stressed that Riyadh did not point the finger at Tehran when it announced the arrest of the Saudi espionage cell last week. His clarification comes in the...