Saddam, the Barber and the Bullet
Renowned television writer Dr. Walid Saif has an interesting tale of the time the famous Arab director Tawfiq Saleh got in touch with him in Amman, and invited him to visit Baghdad. At the time, Saif...
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Taliban Kill 17 Captured Afghan Soldiers
Afghan border police stand guard near seized weapons as they are displayed to the media at a police headquarters in Jalalabad on March 2, 2013. Seven Taliban insurgents have been arrested with their...
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Holmes to Hear if Prosecutors Will Seek Execution
James Holmes and defense attorney Tamara Brady appear in district court in Centennial, Colorado for his arraignment, March 12, 2013. Source: AP Photo/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool,...
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Rouhani approves execution of Arab–Iranian poet
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives to meet with members of a group of ex-global leaders known as the Elders, in Tehran on January 28, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Last...
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Rouhani’s Judicial Challenge
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani waits to meet with the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Georgieva Bokova (Unseen) in Tehran, on April 29, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI) London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Every...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Iran’s Statements after the Execution of 47 Terrorists Unmasked...
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. According to an official source from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran’s statements after Riyadh’s execution of 47 terrorists … continue reading Saudi Arabia:...
View ArticleAdel al-Dubayti, Executed before Responding to his Accusations
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Since the first hearing of Adel al-Dubayti’s trial, he refused to answer the charges directed to him by the representative … continue reading Adel al-Dubayti, Executed...
View ArticleGrand Mufti of Saudi Arabia: Convicts Committed Crimes and Deserved Punishment
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah Al-Asheikh endorsed the execution of 47 terrorists across the Kingdom on Saturday, stressing … continue reading Grand Mufti...
View ArticleWhy Does Iran Defend Nimr al-Nimr?
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Iran did not stop defending ardently Nimr al-Nimr, who was executed on Saturday January 2 in Saudi Arabia. This desperate … continue reading Why Does Iran Defend Nimr...
View ArticleNimr Sahaj, Faris al-Shuwail, Ali Al Ribeh: al-Qaeda Members Executed in...
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Nimr Sahaj al-Bougmi, was convicted of participating in the attack on the Khobar oil complex in the same year which … continue reading Nimr Sahaj, Faris al-Shuwail, Ali Al...
View ArticleOpinion: Human Rights amongst Dragged Corpses and Executions
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. “Why are they focusing on protecting the perpetrators of the crimes more than the victims?” This is how the widow … continue reading Opinion: Human Rights amongst Dragged...
View ArticleIran’s Supreme Leader Scolded by His Uncle for Hypocrisy
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Cairo- In an event that stirred the Iranian quarters, Hossein Mirdamadi, the uncle of Iran’s Supreme Leader, criticized harshly his … continue reading Iran’s Supreme...
View ArticleRage after Iran Secretly Executes Dozens of Sunnis
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. London- International rights groups have called on European countries to stop human rights violations in Iran, following clandestine reports concerning … continue reading...
View ArticleIran Defies International Community by Launching New Wave of Executions
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Iran disregarded the wide international outrage regarding the executions of Sunni Kurds in the past weeks by staging a new … continue reading Iran Defies International...
View ArticleKhomeini’s Former Heir Recording Sparks off Debate
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. London- An audio file released on Wednesday sparked off a debate as it revealed a discussion on executions between Ayatollah … continue reading Khomeini’s Former Heir...
View ArticleIraq Hangs 36 over Speicher Massacre
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Baghdad- Justice Minister Haidar al-Zamili told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the trial of Speicher massacre suspects was completed although what … continue reading Iraq...
View ArticleEgypt Executes Habara Amid Vengeance Threats
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Cairo – Egyptian authorities executed a death sentence against Abel Habara, the leader of the ISIS-affiliated Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) … continue reading Egypt Executes...
View ArticleBahrain Upset by Iraqi Statements
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Manama – Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry summoned on Monday the ambassador of Iraq in Manama and asked him to convey Bahrain’s … continue reading Bahrain Upset by Iraqi...
View ArticleCells of Death in Saydnaya … 13,000 Executed
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Beirut- Amnesty International (AI) uncovered in a report issued Monday that between 2011 and 2015, twice every week, groups of … continue reading Cells of Death in...
View ArticleISIS Uses Women, Children as Human Shields
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Cairo – Strategic Security Experts in Egypt said that ISIS has decided to execute all people who try to escape … continue reading ISIS Uses Women, Children as Human Shields
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