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World A Soviet era T-34 tank is transported toward Red Square to attend a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 7, 2023. (AP Photo)

Russia Steps Up Strikes on Ukraine ahead of May 9 Victory Day Holiday

Russia launched a wave of drone, missile and air strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, officials said on Monday, as Moscow stepping up attacks while…

Asharq Al Awsat
Gulf Evacuees from Sudan are welcomed at Jeddah port. (dpa)

Saudi Arabia Hosts First Talks on Resolving Sudan Crisis

Saudi Arabia hosted on Saturday the launch of preliminary talks aimed at ending the crisis in Sudan.

Ahmed Younes (Khartoum) Asharq Al Awsat (Jeddah)
World Photo published by the Qom Seminary website of a meeting between Qaani and a group of clerics on Wednesday.

Qaani: We Partially Avenged Suleimani’s Killing by Expelling US Forces from the Region

IRGC foreign operations’ official, Esmail Qaani, said that his forces partially avenged the assassination of Al-Quds commander, General Qassem Suleimani, by…

Arab World Djibouti FM to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Are Seeking Meeting with Representatives of Burhan, Hemedti

Djibouti FM to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Are Seeking Meeting with Representatives of Burhan, Hemedti

Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf revealed that the presidents of Djibouti, South Sudan, and Kenya are anticipating a cessation of hostilities…

Khaled Mahmoud (Cairo)
Arab World Houthis Release Faisal Rajab 8 Years after his Arrest

Houthis Release Faisal Rajab 8 Years after his Arrest

The Iran-backed Houthi group unilaterally released on Sunday Yemeni military commander Major General Faisal Rajab eight years after his arrest. Rajab’s…

Ali Rabih (Aden)
Features Evacuees, Refugees from Sudan Catch Their Breath in Egypt’s Abu Simbel

Evacuees, Refugees from Sudan Catch Their Breath in Egypt’s Abu Simbel

Egypt’s Abu Simbel city has become a temporary resting place for refugees and evacuees from Sudan that has been gripped by fighting between its army and Rapid…

Arab World Syrian Opposition Proposes Transfer of Refugees in Lebanon to ‘Liberated Regions’

Syrian Opposition Proposes Transfer of Refugees in Lebanon to ‘Liberated Regions’

Opposition civilian and political groups in Syria’s northwest announced their complete readiness to receive Syrian refugees from Lebanon in liberated Syrian…

Firas Karam (Idlib)
Arab World Houthi-Linked Financial Entities Trigger Cash Crisis

Houthi-Linked Financial Entities Trigger Cash Crisis

Mahmoud Naji, a Sanaa-based Yemeni citizen, was told by a currency exchange employee that he had to collect a financial transfer from his brother in Yemeni…

Mohammed Nasser (Aden)
World Pentagon Deploys Warplanes with ‘Bunker Busting’ Bombs to Deter Iran

Pentagon Deploys Warplanes with ‘Bunker Busting’ Bombs to Deter Iran

The US mil­i­tary is for the first time putting 250-pound “bunker bust­ing” bombs on at­tack air­craft re­cently sent to the Mid­dle East in the lat­est move…

Ali Barada (Washington)
Gulf Lenderking to Asharq Al-Awsat: There Is Real Progress in Achieving Peace in Yemen

Lenderking to Asharq Al-Awsat: There Is Real Progress in Achieving Peace in Yemen

US Envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking stressed that American President Joe Biden is leading an intense diplomatic campaign to permanently resolve the conflict in…

Abdul Hadi Habtoor (Riyadh)
Features Lebanese Businessman Flees Sudan Conflict to a Nation in Economic Crisis

Lebanese Businessman Flees Sudan Conflict to a Nation in Economic Crisis

As Lebanese businessman Ahmad Shams sheltered in the hotel he ran in Khartoum from the gunfire and shelling that erupted there this month, it brought back…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Yemen Faces Flood Warnings as Second Season Starts

Yemen Faces Flood Warnings as Second Season Starts

With an air of confidence and a palpable sense of elation in his voice, Khalid Mohsen Saleh declared that this year’s farming season in Yemen will surpass all…

Mohammed Nasser (Aden)

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