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Features Hezbollah Supporters Intensify Threats against Opponents ahead of Lebanon's Elections

Hezbollah Supporters Intensify Threats against Opponents ahead of Lebanon's Elections

Supporters of the Hezbollah party in Lebanon have increased their threats against opponents through social media ahead of the May parliamentary elections. …

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Features Sadr Eyes Taking Down Iranian Financial Cartel Operating in Iraq

Sadr Eyes Taking Down Iranian Financial Cartel Operating in Iraq

In Baghdad, advertisement is rife for private banks safeguarded by concrete walls and security detail. But it is hard to find a single customer using these…

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Features How the First Saudi State Posed Real Threat to the Ottomans, Persian Influence

How the First Saudi State Posed Real Threat to the Ottomans, Persian Influence

Thousands of foreign documents, uncovered by a Saudi researcher specialized in Saudi history, revealed important aspects that characterized the first central…

Badr al-Khuraif (Riyadh)
Business Addas: Work Underway for Regulations Allowing Foreign Investment in Makkah

Addas: Work Underway for Regulations Allowing Foreign Investment in Makkah

CEO of Saudi Arabia’s Royal Commission for Makkah City and Holy Sites Abdulrahman bin Farouk Addas revealed that the authority has entered the phase of…

Saeed al-Abyad (Makkah)
World Impending Iran Nuclear Deal Alarms Israel

Impending Iran Nuclear Deal Alarms Israel

While the world’s attention has been focused on Ukraine, the Biden administration also has been racing with world powers toward restoring the 2015…

Asharq Al Awsat
Interviews Historian Rashid bin Asakir to Asharq Al-Awsat: Religious Dimension in Establishment of 1st Saudi State Is Overstated

Historian Rashid bin Asakir to Asharq Al-Awsat: Religious Dimension in Establishment of 1st Saudi State Is Overstated

Readers of books that chronicle the history of the Arabian Peninsula, specifically its center (Najd or Al-Yamamah), from the early Islamic ages until the past…

Badr al-Khuraif (Riyadh)
Fashion Traditional dress worn in central Suadi Arabia.

Saudi Traditional Dress Remains Fashionable Since Kingdom's Founding 3 Centuries Ago

As Saudi Arabia marks Founding Day on Tuesday, Asharq Al-Awsat takes a look at the rich traditional dress that has been worn since the establishment of the…

Eman Al-Khattaf (Al-Dammam)
Gulf Saudis Celebrate Kingdom's Founding 3 Centuries Ago

Saudis Celebrate Kingdom's Founding 3 Centuries Ago

Saudis celebrate on Tuesday the founding of the Kingdom 300 years ago by the first founder, Imam Mohammad bin Saud, on February 22, 1727. Custodian of the…

Badr al-Khuraif (Riyadh)
Interviews Russia Systematically Trying to Stage ‘False Flag’ Attack, Warns Ukraine Ambassador to UK

Russia Systematically Trying to Stage ‘False Flag’ Attack, Warns Ukraine Ambassador to UK

Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, warned that Russia has been systematically trying to stage a false flag attack against Ukraine. The former…

Najlaa Habriri (London)
Features Ukraine Crisis Tests China-Russia Partnership

Ukraine Crisis Tests China-Russia Partnership

Russia’s military buildup along its border with Ukraine is testing the possibility of a Moscow-Beijing axis lining up against the US and its allies. Russian…

Asharq Al Awsat
Interviews French Ambassador to UN to Asharq Al-Awsat: Political Process in Syria Has Become a 'Joke'; Iran's Nuclear Program Is a 'Top Priority'

French Ambassador to UN to Asharq Al-Awsat: Political Process in Syria Has Become a 'Joke'; Iran's Nuclear Program Is a 'Top Priority'

The Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, Nicolas de Riviere, stressed that the war in Ukraine, if it occurred, would be a "disaster" for…

Ali Barada (New York )
Arab World Hezbollah Slammed by Lebanese Officials after it Flies Drone over Israel

Hezbollah Slammed by Lebanese Officials after it Flies Drone over Israel

The Iran-backed Hezbollah party's flying of a drone from Lebanon over to Israel this week was widely condemned by officials. The party said on Friday that…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)