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Features Members of Syrian opposition factions at the al-Tanf base. (Maghaweir al-Thowra)

Why Did Iran Target the Tanf US Base in Syria?

Israel struck an “Iranian position” near a Russian base in western Syria. Drones, believed to be Iranian, retaliated by attacking an area close to the al-Tanf…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Interviews Williams Calls for ‘Historic Compromises’ in Libya

Williams Calls for ‘Historic Compromises’ in Libya

The UN Secretary-General's former Special Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has urged Libya’s High Council of State and the House of Representatives to…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Arab World Al-Alimi meets with members of the Consultations and Reconciliation Commission in Aden on Sunday. (Saba)

Yemen Stresses Role of Consultations and Reconciliation Commission in Backing Presidential Council

Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi stressed the importance of the Consultations and Reconciliation Commission in supporting…

Business Esther Hare, Apple’s senior director of Worldwide Developer Marketing and executive sponsor of Women at Apple. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Apple Committed to Supporting Saudi Arabia in Digital Transformation Plan

Esther Hare, Apple’s senior director of Worldwide Developer Marketing and executive sponsor of Women at Apple, underlined the company’s commitment to helping…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Features Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting in Sochi (AFP)

Assad, Erdogan...and Putin’s ‘Goblet of Normalization’

It is quite known that Russian President Vladimir Putin is pushing his Syrian and Turkish counterparts to drink from the goblet of “normalization.” This desire…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Features An elderly man rests outside after buying a bag of subsidized flatbread, as others continue to wait in a queue, in the Lebanese capital Beirut on July 29, 2022, amid a shortage of wheat supplies. (AFP)

Smuggling from Lebanon to Syria Grows

Smuggling between Lebanon and neighboring Syria has intensified in recent weeks. Smugglers have expanded their operations to include not only fuel, but…

World Iranian permanent representative to the international organizations in Vienna, Mohsen Naziri Asl, leaves the Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. (AP)

Iran Responds to European Nuclear Proposal: ‘Yes, but...’

Two weeks have passed since EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell presented his amended “plan” for the 2015 nuclear deal…

Michel Abou Najm (Paris)
Interviews Abdullah al-Senussi seen in court. (Reuters file photo)

Senussi’s Tribe to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Don’t Know if He’s Dead or Alive

Libya’s Magarha tribe stressed that it does not know the fate of its son, Abdullah al-Senussi, former chief of intelligence in the regime of ousted ruler…

Jamal Jawhar (Cairo)
Arab World Followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr hold posters with his image during an open-air Friday prayers at Grand Festivities Square within the Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. (AP)

Baghdad Weighs Possibility of Forming Interim Govt Headed by Kadhimi

The Iran-backed Coordination Framework in Iraq is mulling a proposal by Sadrist movement leader, cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, to form an interim government as a…

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Features This aerial view shows activists and relatives of the 2020 Beirut port blast victims spreading a giant national flag, as they march in the Lebanese capital's port area on August 4, 2022, on the day that crisis-hit country marks two years since a giant explosion ripped through the capital. (AFP)

Lebanese Officials Begin Mulling Names of Presidential Candidates

Lebanese political blocs have kicked off “cautious” efforts to discuss potential presidential candidates to succeed Michel Aoun, whose term ends in around 80…

Nazeer Rida (Beirut)
Arab World Libya’s outgoing prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, and chairman of the Presidential Council, Mohamed Menfi, holding a security meeting on Sunday (Libyan Presidential Council)

High-Level Meeting Looks to Tackle Tripoli’s Security Situation

Libya’s outgoing prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, and chairman of the Presidential Council, Mohamed Menfi, held a meeting on Sunday with several security…

Khaled Mahmoud (Cairo)
Arab World Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, meets with the leaders of the judiciary in Aden, on Sunday (Saba News Agency)

Yemen: PLC Stresses Importance of Judiciary's Independence

The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) has affirmed its keenness to enhance the independence of the judiciary, and to maximize its role in achieving…

Ali Rabih (Aden)