Features This picture taken on April 27, 2023, shows an agricultural field in Cap Negro in northern Tunisia. (AFP)

Planet-Friendly Farming Takes Root in Drought-Hit Tunisia

Saber Zouani lost his job as a waiter when the Covid pandemic ravaged the Tunisian tourism sector, so he decided to try something new and started a…

Features Election representatives prepare ballots with the presidential candidates at a polling station A woman votes at a polling station in Istanbul, Türkiye, Sunday, May 28, 2023. (AP)

Türkiye Election Runoff 2023: What You Need to Know

Turks were voting on Sunday in a presidential election runoff between the incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu that will decide…

Features Roj Camp in Al-Malikiyah Countryside, Al-Hasakah, Northeastern Syria (Asharq Al-Awsat)

ISIS Wives in Syria’s Roj Camp Face Consequences for Husbands’ Actions

Located in northeastern Syria, Camp Roj is home to families and relatives of individuals associated with the notorious terrorist organization ISIS. Within this…

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Features Buses turned into traveling classrooms pull into at a displacement camp in Jindayris in the opposition-held northwestern Syrian province of Aleppo on May 23, 2023, following a devastating earthquake more than three months ago. (AFP)

Children in Quake-Hit Syria Learn in Buses Turned Classrooms

In a dusty Syrian camp for earthquake survivors, school pupils line up and wait for a colorful bus to pull up. Since the disaster hit, they go to a classroom…

Features Palestinian girl, Bissan al-Mansi, speaks to a psychiatrist at her house, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, May 16, 2023. (Reuters)

As Guns Go Silent, Gazan Children Still Have Nightmares 

Whenever a door slams, 10-year-old Bissan al-Mansi mistakes it for a bomb dropping. More than a week has passed since the latest round of fighting with Israel…

Features The likeness of Benjamin Franklin is seen on US $100 bills, Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP)

How Damage from a US Debt Default Could Cascade Across the Global Economy 

If the debt crisis roiling Washington were eventually to send the United States crashing into recession, America's economy would hardly sink alone. The…

Features People cross a road in Khartoum amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals, on May 18, 2023. (AFP)

Sudan War Locks Depositors Out of Savings

On a scorching sidewalk, Ibrahim Said hopes to withdraw his savings from a Sudanese bank, but the wait seems as unending as the war that has brought the…

Features The Central Bank of Sudan. (AFP)

Conflict Paralyzes Sudan’s Banking System

The Sudanese banking sector has been mired in a state of paralysis since the eruption of war between the army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on April 15. Amid…

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Features Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of Türkiye’s main opposition alliance, speaks onstage at the Republican People's Party (CHP) headquarters on election night in Ankara, Türkiye, May 15, 2023. (Reuters)

Türkiye’s Kilicdaroglu May Struggle to Close Gap on Erdogan

With the Turkish economy in trouble and six political parties campaigning for him, Kemal Kilicdaroglu had been oozing confidence ahead of elections on Sunday,…

Features Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a flag of his portrait outside the AK Party headquarters after polls closed in Türkiye's presidential and parliamentary elections in Ankara, Türkiye, May 15, 2023. (AFP)

With Türkiye’s Presidential Election Going to a Runoff, What Comes Next?

Close, but not close enough. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received the most votes in a weekend presidential election but could not claim victory…

Features A man walks through the debris of buildings caused by this year's devastating earthquake during the presidential and parliamentary elections, in Antakya, Türkiye, on May 14, 2023. (AFP)

In Turkish Election, Some Voters Return to Quake Zone to Cast Ballots

Mehmet Ali Fakioglu was made homeless by an earthquake that hit Türkiye in February, but made a 15-hour journey back to the disaster zone to vote on Sunday,…

Features Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of Türkiye’s main opposition alliance and the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), speaks during an interview with Reuters ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections in Ankara, Türkiye, May 12, 2023. (Reuters)

Türkiye’s Upbeat Kilicdaroglu Says Election Will Bring a New Spring

He is not as charismatic as Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but mild-mannered Kemal Kilicdaroglu is optimistic about his chances of beating Erdogan…

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Features Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters during a rally ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Ankara, Türkiye April 30, 2023. (Reuters)

In Türkiye Election, Erdogan Doesn’t Flinch as He Fights for Political Life

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has nurtured an image of a robust and invincible leader over his two decades in power, yet he appears vulnerable as the…

Features Palestinian firefighters try to extinguish the fire inside an apartment that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Friday, May 12, 2023. (AP)

Gaza Cancer Patients Miss Treatment as Israel Border Shut amid Fighting

Gaza resident Dina El-Dhani was due to meet her oncologist this week at a hospital in Jerusalem, but she has been unable to cross into Israel since the border…

Features Pictures and other objects are displayed in memory of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, in the room that used to be her office at the Al Jazeera news channel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 9, 2023. (AFP)

A Year on, Palestinians Mourn Slain Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

A year after an Israeli bullet killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, her West Bank office remains almost untouched, but mourners' flowers have piled…

Features Smoke rises from burning aircraft inside Khartoum Airport during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum, Sudan April 17, 2023. (Reuters)

Observers: Rapid Support Forces Control the Ground, Sudanese Army the Skies

Nearly a month since the outbreak of war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), neither side has been able to achieve a…

Features People walk under the election banner of Turkish presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Türkiye, 08 May 2023. (EPA)

As Key Votes Loom, Turkish Parties Vow to Send Migrants Home 

For Nidal Jumaa, a Syrian from Aleppo, life in Türkiye is tough. He works part-time at a furniture workshop and collects plastics and cardboard from trash cans…

Features Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of Türkiye’s main opposition alliance, greets his supporters during a rally ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Tekirdag, Türkiye April 27, 2023. (Reuters)

Opposition Roadmap for Undoing Erdogan’s Legacy

Türkiye’s multi-faceted opposition alliance wants to undo President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two-decade legacy of highly centralized and religiously conservative…

Features Tunisia Facing Unprecedented Migration Crisis

Tunisia Facing Unprecedented Migration Crisis

Bodies of drowned migrants wash up most days on Tunisian beaches, lie unclaimed in hospital corridors and fill morgues, evidence of a surge in people seeking…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features Syrian Refugees Fearful as Lebanon Steps up Deportations

Syrian Refugees Fearful as Lebanon Steps up Deportations

Lebanese officials are cracking down on Syrian refugees against the backdrop of a worsening economic crisis and political stalemate, an escalation that has…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features Young Palestinians in Lebanon Dream of a Future Abroad

Young Palestinians in Lebanon Dream of a Future Abroad

In Lebanon's impoverished Palestinian refugee camps, young people say they dream of leaving a struggling country where their families took refuge generations…

Features 75 Years After the Nakba, Palestinians Still Long for Return

75 Years After the Nakba, Palestinians Still Long for Return

From her modest home in the blockaded Gaza Strip, Amina al-Dabai remembers the very different world in which she grew up more than seven decades ago. Born…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features Challenger in Türkiye Presidential Race Offers Sharp Contrast

Challenger in Türkiye Presidential Race Offers Sharp Contrast

The main challenger trying to unseat Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in this month's presidential election cuts a starkly different figure than the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features Türkiye Nears Referendum on Erdogan’s Two-Decade Rule

Türkiye Nears Referendum on Erdogan’s Two-Decade Rule

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dives Sunday into the final two-week stretch before a momentous election that has turned into a referendum on his two…

Asharq Al Awsat