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Arab World This handout photo released by the Iraqi prime minister's press office shows premier Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (C) overseeing the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Iraq's Electricity Authority and the the US General Electric company in Baghdad on February 16, 2023. (Iraqi Prime Minister's Press Office / AFP)

Meetings in Washington Pave Way for Establishment of Strategic Iraqi-US Ties

Iraq and the United States concluded on Wednesday week-long negotiations in Washington that tackled the future of relations between their countries in line…

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Features Search and rescue teams remove rubble in Kahramanmaras city on Tuesday. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Kahramanmaras: Defeater of the French Succumbs to the Major Quake

The Turkish city of Kahramanmaras did not hold its annual celebration on February 12 to mark the anniversary of the defeat of French occupiers in 1920. The…

Features A camp housing the displaced in Kahramanmaras. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Relatives Anxiously Search for Loved Ones from under Rubble of Türkiye Quake

Ghaleb stands in a small park facing what once was the biggest hotel in the heart of the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras that was devastated by last week’s…

Features People walk in a tented camp set up for survivors in Adiyaman, southern Türkiye, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (AP)

Turks, Syrians Share ‘Displacement Camps’

The earthquake that struck southern Türkiye has forced people back to Syrian displacement camps. This time around the camps have become the homes of Turks,…

Arab World A handout picture provided by the Lebanese parliament website shows Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (3rd-L) posing for a group photo with ambassadors and representatives of Egypt (L), France (2nd-L), the United States (3rd-R), Saudi Arabia, and Qatar at the parliament headquarters in the capital Beirut on February 13, 2023. (Lebanese parliament/AFP)

Western, Regional Ambassadors Pressure Lebanon to Elect New President

Western and regional powers have warned they will reconsider “all ties” with Lebanon if parliament fails to elect a president amid a worsening financial crisis…

Caroline Akoum (Beirut)
Features A street in Antakya, Türkiye (AFP)

Turkish Family Recounts Moments of Terror Lived During Earthquake

The family of Ibrahim, a Turkish contractor, survived the devastating earthquake that hit Türkiye, but their lives were changed forever. “Everything now…

Features One of three planes that were hijacked and forced to land outside the Jordanian capital, Amman, and that was later blown up by Palestinian militias in September 1970. (Getty Images)

Leila Khaled: The Soviets Supplied us with Parts to Develop Advanced Bombs

Final episode Leila Khaled is approaching 80. She has spent her life chasing a dream that has not been achieved. She has not abandoned it and feels no…

Features Leila Khaled (R) and the Editor-in-chief of Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper Ghassan Charbel (L) - AAWSAT

Leila Khaled: Rafik Hariri Transferred Wadie Haddad’s Weapons to Europe

Episode One Journalists sometimes fall into the trap of being drawn into the story of a thorny, sensual, or cruel man who has a remarkable role at a…

Business The NHC has developed the new service using latest technologies and keeping pace with global trends. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Housing Ministry Launches Kingdom’s First Metaverse Platform

The Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing announced the launching of Sakani Metaverse, the first platform of its kind in the Kingdom, in a step that…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Features 08 February 2023, Syria, Jindires: A general view of the destruction caused by the deadly earthquake that tore through the Turkish-Syrian border. (dpa)

Asharq Al-Awsat in Quake-Stricken Jindires: Levelled Neighborhoods, Refugees under the Rubble

Teams from Syria’s Civil Defense (White Helmets), as well as civilian volunteers, have continued their search and rescue efforts of survivors of the…

Interviews Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani sits down for an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat in Baghdad.

Iraqi PM to Asharq Al-Awsat: Our Country Won’t Be Arena for Settling Scores

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced that Iraq and Saudi Arabia are capable of forming a regional axis that can act as a foundation for…

Arab World Lebanese soldiers leave for Türkiye to help in rescue missions(AP)

Lebanon Suffers its Share of Devastating Earthquake

Lebanon has had its share of fear and terror of the massive earthquake that struck southern Türkiye and northern Syria on Monday. At around 3 a.m. local time…

Hanan Merhej (Beirut)