More than 40,000 people have been killed in 20 months of conflict between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and those fighting for his overthrow, a violence monitoring group said on Friday.

Speaking exclusively to Asharq Al-Awsat, Hamas politburo member, Dr. Mahmoud al-Zahar, stressed that the “rockets of the resistance” striking Tel Aviv represents a change in the balance of power between Hamas and the “Israeli entity.” He claimed that this balances the “terror” that each party can inflict on the other, adding this new balance will […]

A meeting for new Sunni students of Zahedan’s universities was held in Darululoom Zahedan in presence of about 800 male and female students.

Iran, Zahedan- Sunni worshippers in Zahedan held an anti-Israel protest denouncing recent unruly attacks of the Zionist regime on Gaza Strip on Friday, November 16, 2012. A correspondent of “SunniOnline” reported hundreds of Sunni Muslims took to Khayyam road of Zahedan protesting Israeli assaults on Gaza after Friday prayers in the Grand Makki Masjid. Khateeb […]

Syria’s air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions on Sunday, flouting a U.N.-backed ceasefire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold, as an Arab League envoy said that world powers have to agree on a “minimum accord” […]

London, Asharq Al-Awsat – Asharq Al-Awsat has gained unprecedented access to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man considered by some to be the most dangerous in the world, and a mastermind behind the September 11th attacks, by speaking with his civil attorney David Nevin and his military attorney Jason Wright.

A US soldier and a civilian contractor have been killed in Afghanistan by an Afghan soldier, bringing the total number of US soldier deaths in the 11-year-old conflict to 2,000.

A new report has found that the constant assassination drone strikes by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have “terrorized” civilian population of Pakistan’s tribal areas around the clock.

Cairo, “I want to travel to Syria for jihad…is there anybody to help me do this?” “I am prepared to travel to Syria for jihad to stand with the revolutionaries…

London, There are a number of issues that have raised the fears of successive US administration, from the threat of nuclear weapons to suicide attacks against US interests.