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A handout picture made available on March 14, 2015 by the Egyptian presidency shows Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (R) and Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (C) listening to Egyptian investment minister Ashraf Salman (3rd-R) as they look at a scale model of the new Egyptian capital displayed at the congress hall in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. (AFP Photo/Mohamed Samaaha/Egyptian Presidency HO)

Egypt, UAE ink deal to build brand new capital east of Cairo

by Ahmad Al-Ghamrawi | Mar 15, 2015 | Business

Sharm El-Sheikh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Saturday signed a deal to build Egypt’s new administrative capital, east of the existing capital Cairo. The agreement to build the new, as-yet unnamed capital was signed between Egypt’s Ministry of...

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A boy displays a white flag as he passes through a checkpoint manned by Sunni fighters who have joined Shi’ite militia groups known collectively as Hashid Shaabi (Popular Mobilization), allied with Iraqi forces against the Islamic State, in al-Alam Salahuddin province March 15, 2015. (Reuters)

Iraqi militia loyal to radical cleric joins Tikrit offensive

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 15, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, AP—Dozens of fighters with the militia loyal to radical Shi’ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr left Iraq’s capital on Sunday to take part in an offensive to capture Tikrit from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. Men from Iraq’s Peace...

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Opinion: The day Egyptians forgot about the Muslim Brotherhood

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 15, 2015 | Opinion

It’s been decades since optimism reigned in Egypt as it did yesterday after the announcement of giant development and construction plans heralding a “new Egypt”. Amid the positivity, there was no mention of the words “Muslim Brotherhood” and there was no...

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Women mourn the death of their relative who was killed in a suicide attack on a church in Lahore, Pakistan, on March 15, 2015. (Reuters/Mohsin Raza)

Twin bombings at churches in Pakistan kill 14, wound 78

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 15, 2015 | World

Lahore, Reuters—Bombs outside two churches in the Pakistani city of Lahore killed 14 people and wounded nearly 80 during Sunday services, and witnesses said quick action by a security guard prevented many more deaths. A Pakistani Taliban splinter group claimed...

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People protest in London, United Kingdom to mark the fourth anniversary of the Syrian conflict, on March 13, 2015. (Asharq Al-Awsat/James Hanna)

Assad family aide who headed Shabiha militia assassinated in Latakia

by Caroline Akoum | Mar 15, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Muhammad Tawfiq Al-Assad, cousin of President Bashar Al-Assad and believed to be one of the founders of the Syrian regime’s infamous Shabiha militias, has been assassinated in the village of Qerdaha, the country’s main Alawite stronghold and...