Asharq Al-Awsat (UK)
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 06:59
A high-level Peshmerga delegation arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday to discuss measures to deepen security and military cooperation between Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 07:43
Yemen’s air defenses are now under control of the Houthi movement after the Shi’ite militia took control of Daylami Air Base, home of the country’s main missile system close to the capital Sana’a, military sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 08:01
Baghdad has transferred its first shipment of arms to the forces fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh, in preparation for a military offensive to liberate the city of Mosul, the Nineveh Provincial Council announced on Tuesday.
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 09:08
Yemen’s Houthi fighters have received shipments of heavy weapons via Red Sea ports under their control, Yemeni government sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday.
Militia groups loyal to the Shi’ite movement, which continues to advance in a number of regions across Yemen, received the weapons shipments via the Red Sea ports of Midi, Hodeidah and Al-Khokha from an allied “Islamic” country, likely the Islamic Republic of Iran, which some Gulf states accuse of backing the movement, according to the sources.
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 06:37
Tribal fighters battling the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for control of the disputed city of Hit in Iraq’s western Anbar province warned on Sunday that they were running critically short of ammunition.
Friday, December 5, 2014 - 06:30
The heads of two prominent Sunni Anbar tribes expressed unease about the prospect of cooperating with the US against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Wednesday, and repeated calls for the Iraqi government to support them with funds, weapons, and ammunition.
Monday, July 7, 2014 - 10:03
Asharq Al-Awsat speaks to the head of the US armed forces’ African Command about Libya, Somalia, and American military operations in North Africa and the rest of the continent
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 06:55
Senegalese President Macky Sall has warned that Africa is facing a mounting terrorism crisis, particularly citing the threat of militant group Boko Haram, saying that the continent is in the “heart of the storm.”
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 08:59
Iraqi Prime Minster Nuri Al-Maliki called for “jihad” against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq’s restive western Anbar province on Wednesday, pledging to crush the Islamist insurgency before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan that is set to be begin in late June.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 08:41
The progress comes after the Hezbollah-led March 8 Alliance took the decision to relinquish its cabinet demands and accept the “tripartite” formula for the next Beirut government.