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Features Lebanon: How Will Vote Impact Crisis-hit Economy?

Lebanon: How Will Vote Impact Crisis-hit Economy?

The Lebanese parliament voted in on Sunday will have to tackle overdue reforms required for international assistance the cash-strapped country desperately…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Arabia Calls for Adoption of Sustainable Global Aviation

Saudi Arabia Calls for Adoption of Sustainable Global Aviation

Saudi Minister of Transport and Logistics Services Saleh Al-Jasser announced that the Kingdom would be hosting the Future of Aviation conference every two…

Bandar al-Mosalam (Riyadh)
Interviews Yemeni Army Chief of Staff to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Are Ready to Decide Battles, Achieve Victory

Yemeni Army Chief of Staff to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Are Ready to Decide Battles, Achieve Victory

Yemen Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Sagheer bin Aziz confirmed that the forces of the legitimate government are fully prepared to decide the battle and…

Abdulhadi Habtor (Riyadh)
Features Lebanese Vow 'Revenge' against Ruling Elite at the Ballot Boxes

Lebanese Vow 'Revenge' against Ruling Elite at the Ballot Boxes

Joe, a Lebanese man in his 30s, is determined to "seek revenge" against his country's ruling elite by voting for forces of change and the opposition in Sunday…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Interviews Borrell: Russia Not Invited to Syria Brussels Conference Because of Aggression on Ukraine

Borrell: Russia Not Invited to Syria Brussels Conference Because of Aggression on Ukraine

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told Asharq Al-Awsat in an interview that the European Union holds onto its three “red lines” which involve not…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Interviews Siniora to Asharq Al-Awsat: Boycott of Parliamentary Elections Hands Lebanon over to Hezbollah

Siniora to Asharq Al-Awsat: Boycott of Parliamentary Elections Hands Lebanon over to Hezbollah

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is racing against time to persuade Sunnis to take part in the upcoming parliamentary elections, which kicked off…

Thaer Abbas (Beirut)
Arab World Presidential Amnesty in Syria Covers Daraa Inmates

Presidential Amnesty in Syria Covers Daraa Inmates

Dozens of prisoners who originate from Syria’s southern Daraa governorate have been released, mostly from the country’s largest and most notorious prison,…

Riad al-Zain (Daraa)
Business Saudi Arabia Takes Rapid Steps to Export Solar Panels Worldwide

Saudi Arabia Takes Rapid Steps to Export Solar Panels Worldwide

Desert Technologies’ Chief Commercial Officer Majid Refae confirmed that Saudi Arabia is offering several programs that support Saudi manufacturers and…

Bandar al-Mosalam (Riyadh)
Business Arab League Organization for Agricultural Development: Supply Chains, Previous Pledges Likely to be Disrupted

Arab League Organization for Agricultural Development: Supply Chains, Previous Pledges Likely to be Disrupted

The Director of the Arab League’s Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), Dr. Ibrahim El-Dukheri, warned that food security in the Arab world was…

Saeed al-Abyad (Jeddah)
Features Ukraine War and Syria: Opportunities, Challenges for External Powers

Ukraine War and Syria: Opportunities, Challenges for External Powers

In Syria, the immediate effects of the war in Ukraine have made an already difficult humanitarian situation even worse. Protracted violence in Ukraine or an…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Joint Saudi-German Investment for the Manufacture of Large Data Centers

Joint Saudi-German Investment for the Manufacture of Large Data Centers

German and Saudi investors signed partnerships to enhance critical security infrastructure with the aim to establish the first factory in the Middle East for…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Features A Western-Arab Visit to ‘Forgotten Syria’

A Western-Arab Visit to ‘Forgotten Syria’

Ukraine was once again present at the closed meeting of Western and Arab envoys on Syria. But this time, the attendees discussed the means to deal with a…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)