Syria and the Shi’ite Pincer
On 1 December 2011 I wrote a column asking whether the Shi’ite star had set, in reference to the repercussions of the Syrian revolution at the time and what they would entail. Today, two years on from...
View ArticleSyria’s Spreading War
The second anniversary of the Syrian revolution celebrates the country’s transformation into the world’s largest and most global conflict. But the fight does not belong to Syria alone. It has involved...
View ArticleIran’s Nuclear Program, a Pawn in a US-Russian Deal
Iran left the meeting with the P5+1 group (Britain, China, France, Russia, United States, plus Germany) in Kazakhstan—which took place in the country’s former capital Almaty—under the impression that...
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Syria’s Deadly Bureaucracy
Syrian children stand in front of a UNICEF school during a visit by European Union Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva and Italy’s...
View ArticleGCC States Committed to Reconstructing Yemen
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Riyadh-GCC’s Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Negotiations Abdul Aziz Hamad Aluwaisheg stressed that the GCC states are committed … continue reading...
View ArticleAfghan Refugees Outpace those Returning -U.N.
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. KABUL, April 17 – The slow trickle of Afghan refugees getting back home is at remarkable lows, dwarfed by the … continue reading Afghan Refugees Outpace those Returning...
View ArticleUNICEF Needs $860 Million to Save 18 Million Children in Yemen and Syria
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Riyadh-The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper the urgent need to provide humanitarian aid … continue reading...
View ArticleEx-Minister of Information: There Should be International Will to Disband...
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Cairo-Omar Al-Guweri, minister of information and culture in the former Libyan regime, has warned of the danger of sleeper terrorist … continue reading Ex-Minister of...
View ArticleHouthis in Race against Time to Legitimatize Coup
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Jeddah-Houthis, along with their strategic ally, ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh, are in a race against time to legitimatize the … continue reading Houthis in Race...
View ArticleRegion Complains over Repercussions of Syrian Refugee Crisis
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Amman- The ninth conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region … continue reading Region Complains over...
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