Sheikh Hamad’s Proposal
At the opening session of the first International Conference Of Council for Arab and International Relations in Kuwait, Qatar’s prime minister put forward several ideas that are worthy of discussion....
View ArticleGCC Environment Chief Talks to Asharq Al-Awsat
Dr Abdullah Aqlah Al-Hashem, GCC Assistant-Secretary General for humanitarian and environmental affairs. Source: Asharq Al-Awsat Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—With the erratic but steady progress of Iran’s...
View ArticleTime and Tide Wait for No Man
This May 21, 2013 US Navy handout photo shows ships breaking formation during the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) 2013. Source: AFP Photo/US Navy/MC2 Terah L. Mollise The...
View ArticleAhmedinejad’s About Face
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds up copies of the Quran and the Bible as he addresses the 65th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York in this September 23, 2010...
View ArticleQatar’s Introspective Islamists
A street in Doha, Qatar, in 1965 (AAA)Dubai, Asharq Al-Awsat—Those who follow the development of Islamist movements in the Gulf often see the same scenario played out over and over again. The story...
View ArticleEgypt: Luxor sets sights on Gulf tourists
Egyptian women walk by a billboard featuring Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on September 1, 2013 in Luxor after the city governor named Luxor’s main square after him. (AFP PHOTO/STRINGER)Luxor’s...
View ArticleOpinion: Japan, Gulf oil, and the future
The Middle East has become old news, or so it would appear in the political analysis of Washington and other Western capitals. The region was once the focus of their attention and was always at the...
View ArticleThe Only Way is Up
A Saudi woman looks at her mobile as she walks through a coffee shop in the capital Riyadh on June 17, 2013 AFP PHOTO/FAYEZ NURELDINEFrom Kuwait City to Sana’a, from Jeddah to Manama, women on the...
View ArticleIran’s Guards Detain 10 U.S. Sailors
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) detained 10 American sailors after a “broken navigation system” led them into Iranian waters, according to … continue reading Iran’s...
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