Asharq Al-Awsat (Arabic: الشرق الاوسط‎, The Middle East) is a major pan-Arabic daily newspaper, with a circulation of 200,000, printed simultaneously in twelve cities on four continents. It was founded in 1978 in London, United Kingdom by Hisham and Mohammad Ali Hafidh. The paper is still based in London, but it is now edited by the Saudi Research and Marketing Ltd. and directed by Saudi prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz, half-brother of the king.

Since 1990, Asharq Al-Awsat has had increasing success and is distributed both in the Middle East and in the Maghreb. It is known for its slogan "International Newspaper of the Arabs" since it covers both Arab and international affairs.

Asharq Al-Awsat was the first Arabic daily newspaper to introduce satellite transmission for simultaneous printing in a number of major cities worldwide, It is currently the only newspaper to own the Arabic copyright of international print syndications of the Washington Post, USA Today and Global Viewpoint. The newspaper's editorial division publishes a large part of translations from the international press, and its news pages are almost only made on news agencies' cables translated into Arabic.