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Arab World Lebanese President Michel Aoun (L) meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, ahead of a cabinet meeting in the Baabda Presidential Palace, Beirut, Lebanon, 20 May 2022. (Dalati & Nohra)

Mikati to Asharq Al-Awsat: I Won't Be PM of Govt that Prolongs Lebanon's Crisis

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed that he will not shirk his responsibilities, vowing that he is committed to saving the country. In…

Mohamed Choucair (Beirut)
World Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi.

Reza Pahlavi: Unity of Iran's Popular Forces More Important than Unity of the Opposition

Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s Crown Prince, delivered an address to the Iranian people from Washington DC on June 3. The biggest alternative to the Islamic Republic…

Features  Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the UN Headquarters in New York on September 24, 2019. (AP)

Syria 'Safe Zone': 3 Options for Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has renewed his demand to establish a safe zone, devoid of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and Kurdistan…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Arab World Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati addressing a press conference, in Beirut, Lebanon, 20 May 2022. (Dalati & Nohra)

Mikati Favorite to Retain Position as Lebanese PM

Lebanon will soon embark on a mission to designate a new prime minister, who will be tasked with forming a new government. Prime Minister Najib Mikati's…

Caroline Akoum (Beirut)
Arab World Significantly lower water levels are seen on the Tigris River, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP)

Iraqi State TV Station Threatened for Criticizing Iran's Khamenei, Soleimani

The state-run Iraqiya television station found itself in hot water after political analyst Sarmad al-Tai made a scathing critique of President of the Supreme…

Fadhel al-Nashmi (Baghdad)
World A view shows traffic on Azadi street in Iran's capital Tehran, April 20, 2021. (AFP)

US Senators Introduce Legislation Calling Out Iran-China Ties

US Republican Senators introduced on Tuesday a bill to call attention to Iran’s ties with China by prohibiting any deal with Iran until the regime terminates…

Rana Abtar (Washington)
Gulf The European Union’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Patrick Simonnet. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Simonnet to Asharq Al-Awsat: Work Underway to Exempt Gulf Citizens from Visa Requirement

The European Union’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Patrick Simonnet, said a new visa system would be revealed soon, allowing Saudi citizens to obtain multiple…

Business Attendees as the launch of the Innovation Driven Desalination Conference in Jeddah on Monday. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

10 Alliances Seek Offshore Mining Opportunities in Saudi Arabia

Ten alliances are interested in mining the seas to extract sodium fluoride, minerals, and salts of the reverse water, announced the Governor of the Saline…

Saeed al-Abyad (Jeddah)
Features Kozo Okamoto (C), a former Japanese Red Army group member, arrives to attend a ceremony organized by Palestinians living in Lebanon to mark the 50th anniversary of the Lod airport attack, at the cemetery in the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, 30 May 2022. (EPA)

Kozo Okamoto Returns to the Spotlight on 'Mariam' Day

The septuagenarian moves slowly at a symbolic grave at the "Palestinian martyrs" cemetery in Beirut. He rises up from his wheelchair to place a wreath of…

Thaer Abbas (Beirut)
Arab World UN envoy Grundberg meets with head of the Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi in Aden. (Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen).

Yemen Presidential Council Forms Security, Military Committee

The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council announced on Monday the formation of a joint security and military committee. Veteran military official Haitham…

Ali Rabih (Aden)
Business Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman al-Fadhli speaks at the inauguration of the International Exhibition and Forum on Afforestation Technologies in Riyadh. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Executive Plan for Saudi Green Initiative to Be Revealed in November

Saudi Arabia will announce in November the complete strategic and executive plan for the Saudi Green Initiative, based on an alliance of companies, scientific,…

Features A handout picture provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati & Nohra shows Lebanon's President Michel Aoun giving a televised speech at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on May 14, 2022 on the eve of parliamentary elections. (AFP/Handout/Dalati & Nohra)

Lebanon Eager to 'Sell' Nationalities to Wealthy Syrians, Iraqis

Information has started to emerge in Lebanon that a new presidential decree was being prepared to naturalize hundreds of people, namely wealthy Iraqis and…

Youssef Diab (Beirut)