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At Lebanon Border, Israeli Minister Vows Reprisal for Rare Bomb Attack

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday said those responsible for a rare roadside bomb attack this week which officials said may have involved Lebanon's Hezbollah, would be found and held accountable. Israel's military said on Wednesday that security forces had killed a man carrying an explosive belt after he…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2023

Saudi GDP Exceeds $1 Tln, Shows Kingdom’s Economy Is on Right Track

The size of Saudi Arabia’s GDP, which reached $1.7 trillion in 2016, demonstrated that the Kingdom’s economy is on the right path as it advances the implementation of Vision 2030. Vision 2030 is a unique transformative blueprint that aims to diversify and double the size of the Saudi economy, so…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2023

Napoli Advances to Champions League QF for 1st Time

Napoli beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 on Wednesday to reach the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time in its history — and making it three Italian teams in the final eight. Victor Osimhen continued his fine scoring record with a goal in each half and Piotr Zieliński converted a penalty…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2023

Report: Meeting of Türkiye, Syria, Iran, Russia, Officials Postponed

A meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey, Türkiye and Syria, scheduled for this week, has been postponed to an unspecified date, a source from the Turkish foreign ministry said on Thursday. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said last week that the deputy foreign ministers of the four…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2023

Iran Sways between Optimism, Pessimism with IAEA

In the grey area between optimism and pessimism, Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of Iran’s atomic agency, said Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must find political and technical solutions to outstanding issues. Iran has agreed with the IAEA regarding three locations where traces of uranium were found, Kamalvandi told…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2023

Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Attends Corruption Questioning

Lebanon's embattled Central Bank governor appeared Thursday for questioning for the first time before a European legal team visiting Beirut in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor. Several European countries are investigating Riad Salameh, who in recent years has been charged with a handful of corruption-related crimes. Salameh has…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2023

Assad Says Would Welcome More Russian Troops

Syrian President Bashar Assad said during an interview on Thursday that he would welcome any Russian proposals to set up new military bases and boost troop numbers in the country. Assad, who is in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Russia's military presence in Syria did not…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2023

Pakistan Court Postpones Police Operation to Arrest Imran Khan

A Pakistani high court ordered police on Thursday to postpone an operation to arrest Imran Khan for another day, defusing a surge in violence that saw supporters of the former prime minister fighting pitch battles with security forces. Khan's aide Fawad Chaudhry said the Lahore high court had extended an…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2023

Exhibit: ‘Invisible’ Monet, Leon, Was Key to Impressionism

Behind some great men, there is a bigger brother. Claude Monet’s older sibling is the focus of a landmark Paris exhibit illuminating the hitherto unknown role Leon Monet played in the French impressionist painter’s life and art. Leon — a color chemist four years his senior -- is now understood…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2023

Sisi Urges Media to Shed Light on ‘New Delta’ Projects

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has urged the media to shed light on the New Delta projects. Sisi was speaking on Wednesday at the inauguration of the Nitrogen Fertilizer Complex in Ain Sokhna. The state is racing against time to prepare the 3.5 million feddans of land reclamation programs in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2023