SHOCKING: 2 - What They Never Told You

In 2008, we were inches from peace in the Middle East. I believe it’s still within our grasp

It may seem impossible to seek a deal amid war. But the consequences of not doing so are too painful to contemplate, says former UK PM Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2024

Resignation of Harvard President Sparks Controversy Amidst Plagiarism Allegations

Explore a fiery op-ed response and reactions to the resignation of former Harvard president, President Claudine Gay, with a touch of unconventional wit.

Top News · Jan 4, 2024

Who Are The Female Members Of Augusta National?

There are at least seven female members of Augusta National. But who are they and how did they get invited?

Golf Monthly · Nov 19, 2023

Longtime AP State Department reporter George Gedda dies at 82

George Gedda, an Associated Press reporter whose coverage of the State Department and international relations spanned more than four decades, has died

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023

Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and tireless activist, dies aged 96

Chart-topping calypso singer who supported US civil rights movement and African initiatives dies of congestive heart failure

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2023

From Bush to Blix: what happened to the key figures in the Iraq war?

The ex-president is a painter, his VP an avid fly fisher, while Tony Blair has built a property empire. They appear unrepentant

The Guardian - US · Mar 23, 2023

Makiya to Asharq Al-Awsat: Bush Wanted an Army to Oust Saddam, an Army to Rebuild Iraq

Kanan Makiya, Iraqi architect and author of the “Republic of Fear” (1989), a best-selling book after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, described the Baathist regime in Iraq as “exceptional” in terms of totalitarian and authoritarian rule in the world. Overthrowing Saddam’s regime in Iraq was a matter of “morality, not…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 20, 2023

Former French Ambassador to Asharq Al-Awsat: Washington Accused Us of Lying about WMD in Iraq

Former French Ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, who recently published a remarkable book entitled "The Others Don't Think Like Us," experienced the US invasion of Iraq "first hand." Gourdault-Montagne served as the diplomatic adviser to late French President Jacques Chirac and his representative at the G7 and G20 in the summer of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 20, 2023

How many of those calling for Putin’s arrest were complicit in the illegal invasion of Iraq?

Gordon Brown, Condoleezza Rice and Alastair Campbell are as responsible for an illegal war as the Russian leader’s ‘henchmen’ they condemn, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2023

Chirac Warned Bush against Overthrowing Saddam

French Diplomat Maurice Gourdault-Montagne's memoirs are unlike those of any regular ambassador that fill French libraries year after year. The author of “The Others Don’t Think Like Us” is no ordinary ambassador. Now retired, his long diplomatic career took him to Tokyo, Beijing, Berlin and London. He was France’s sherpa…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 28, 2023