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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...
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)....
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 ...
The choice of Salah Qallab, a former Jordanian information minister who was also a columnist for the Saudi-funded newspaperAl Sharq al AwsatinLondon, 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 Arab...
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...