Israel Kills Hamas Commander in West Bank, Suspected Hezbollah Member in Lebanon Israeli forces killed a Hamas commander in the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday as they pushed ahead with a weeks-long operation against armed groups in the… Tuesday 04/03 - 17:15 Syria Interim President ...
Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports in Arabicthat various parties in parliament are responding differently to al-Maliki’s military campaign in Basra. The Shiite United Iraqi Alliance, with 85 members in parliament, strongly supported the operation. The major component of the UIA is the Islamic Supreme Coun...
ash-Sharq al-Awsat/ AFP: Shaikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbala’i, the representative in Karbala of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, rejected the suggestion by another cleric that the provincial council appointed by CPA official John Berry be submitted to a referendum. He said that an appointed council is ...
developed over the past years a relationship where we worked together, we shared intelligence, and we focus on common targets as well, and I think that we will continue to be the case regardless of what ultimately happens to [Yemeni President] Ali Abdallah Salah" (Al Sharq Al Awsat 2011)....
Al Arabiya, Arabic-language satellite television channel, based in Dubai, established in March 2003. The company was founded by the brother-in-law of Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd, with additional investment from Lebanon’s Hariri Group and investors from Sa
The choice of Salah Qallab, a former Jordanian information minister who was also a columnist for the Saudi-funded newspaper Al Sharq al Awsat in London, as the first director-general of Al Arabiya ensured that the station would not challenge Arab regimes the way Al Jazeera did. Most of Al...