Obama’s Real ‘Red Lines’ in Syria
FILE – In this Sept. 10, 2013 pool-file photo, President Barack Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci,...
View Article‘Friends of Syria’: No role for Assad in Syria’s future
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London October 22, 2013. (REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett) London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The ‘Friends of...
View ArticleRobert Ford: Syrian regime blocking aid is ‘criminal’
File photo of US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford. (AFP) London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The decision of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) to announce an interim government in territories it controls in...
View ArticleGeneva II faces political complications
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad speaks during a new press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, January 26, 2014. (EPA/Salvatore Di Nolfi)...
View ArticleBrahimi: Little progress at second round of Geneva II talks
U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, left, gestures during a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)Geneva,...
View ArticleGeneva II: Brahimi looking for light at the end of the tunnel
UN–Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi delivers a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 5, 2013....
View ArticleIran consulate in London reopens after two years
The national flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran flies outside its embassy in London, on Thursday, February 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) London, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Iran and the P5+1 group of...
View ArticleUS President visits Saudi Arabia, seeks to reassure allies
US President Barack Obama (L) is welcomed by Prince Khaled Bin Bandar Bin Abdulaziz, Emir of Riyadh (3rdL), upon his arrival at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 28,...
View ArticleFriends of Yemen meet as Sana’a continues AQAP offensive
Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague (C) listens as Yemen Foreign Minister Dr. Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi (L) speaks during the Friends of Yemen meeting in London on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Carl...
View ArticleLagarde: Arab countries cannot remain in transition forever
Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, right, talks with a Syrian refugee woman during her visit to the Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, on Sunday, May 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Ali Jarekji,...
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