by Amir Taheri | Jun 27, 2014 | Opinion
The current crisis in Iraq is routinely described by international media as a “sectarian” war. The assumption is that Iraq is being torn apart because its various component parts, especially Arab Sunnis and Shi’ites, have somehow decided they can no longer live...
by Eyad Abu Shakra | Sep 1, 2013 | Features
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Since the dawn of history, Syria has lain at the crossroads of mankind’s greatest commercial religious and political powers. However, the land known as the Fertile Crescent has seen more than just the rise and fall of great ancient...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 28, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Liberals and members of conservative Sunni tribes were the winners in yesterday’s parliamentary elections in Kuwait. Despite having no MPs in the last parliament, candidates affiliated with the liberal trend took three seats in this round....
by Abdullah Al-Otaibi | Jul 24, 2013 | Opinion
The statements coming from Turkey about the state of affairs in Egypt after June 30 seem shocking, especially those issued by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu. The statements seem hostile and provocative to the new...
by Hannah Lucinda Smith | May 26, 2013 | Features
Idlib, Asharq Al-Awsat—When Mahmoud fights on the front line his father is right there beside him. “I want him to be behind me so that I can protect him,” he says as he glances up shyly from the floor. But his father is the boss and he takes a different view. He...
