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Features Stung by Prison Battle, Kurds Say They Need Help against ISIS

Stung by Prison Battle, Kurds Say They Need Help against ISIS

Weeks after the long, furious battle with militants from the ISIS group over a prison in northeastern Syria, the mangled wreckage of a car used by suicide…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Technology, Investments Boost Saudi Arabia's Shift to Digital Economy

Technology, Investments Boost Saudi Arabia's Shift to Digital Economy

LEAP 2022, the global technology platform, uncovered Saudi Arabia's readiness to address technical solutions and requirements that can address future…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh) Bandar al-Mosalam (Riyadh)
Interviews Lebanon Cen Bank Governor to Asharq Al-Awsat: My Conscience Is Clear, Campaign Against Me Is Political

Lebanon Cen Bank Governor to Asharq Al-Awsat: My Conscience Is Clear, Campaign Against Me Is Political

The daily protests that surround Lebanon's Central Bank in the heart of the capital Beirut have not impacted the operations at the building. On its sixth floor…

Paula Astih (Beirut)
Features Lebanon Paper Dodges Hezbollah Role, Resolutions 1559, 1701

Lebanon Paper Dodges Hezbollah Role, Resolutions 1559, 1701

The proposals exchanged by Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and his Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheikh Ahmad Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah, reveal Beirut’s…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Features Drone Race in the Middle East

Drone Race in the Middle East

Over the past two decades, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been characterized by deep divisions, political turmoil, and inadequate…

General Khaled Hamadeh (Brigadier)
Fashion Dolce&Gabbana Holds First Ever Fashion Show in Saudi Arabia's AlUla

Dolce&Gabbana Holds First Ever Fashion Show in Saudi Arabia's AlUla

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are reinventing their luxury label, Dolce&Gabbana, this time in Saudi Arabia's city of AlUla where they held an…

Eman Al-Khattaf (AlUla)
Interviews Djibouti’s Energy Minister to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Aim for Full Electrification by 2035

Djibouti’s Energy Minister to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Aim for Full Electrification by 2035

Djibouti’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Yonis Ali Guedi said that facing climate challenges and the depletion of traditional resources requires…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Features Hezbollah Is Using UNIFIL to Deliver Political Messages

Hezbollah Is Using UNIFIL to Deliver Political Messages

The repeated attacks against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) are political messages from Hezbollah and Iran to the UN and international…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Gulf Saudi Arabia: A 300-Year Journey From Founding To Modernization

Saudi Arabia: A 300-Year Journey From Founding To Modernization

On the anniversary of the first founding of the Kingdom, the opinions of historians varied, exploring its depths and the secret of its steadfastness for three…

Badr al-Khuraif (Riyadh)
Gulf Saudi Arabia's Green National Flag Flutters for 3 Centuries

Saudi Arabia's Green National Flag Flutters for 3 Centuries

Late historian Abdul Rahman Ruwaished has documented the evolution of the national banner over the centuries, with focus on the history of the Saudi national…

Badr al-Khuraif (Riyadh)
Features Norway-Taliban Ties Date Back to Years Ago, Former Afghan Diplomats

Norway-Taliban Ties Date Back to Years Ago, Former Afghan Diplomats

Norway is known as an international mediator and has long been in contact with various war parties in countries around the world. Amongst these groups is…

Niloofar Langar
Features Impact of Hariri's Stepping Back from Lebanon's Political Life Will Be Felt by Allies, Rivals Alike

Impact of Hariri's Stepping Back from Lebanon's Political Life Will Be Felt by Allies, Rivals Alike

Head of Lebanon's Mustaqbal movement former Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced on Monday that he was suspending political work, upending the political scene…

Mohamed Choucair (Beirut)