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Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi participate in a protest in Cairo, Egypt, 02 July 2013.
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Opinion: Why the West misread Egypt

by Ali Ibrahim | Jun 18, 2015 | Opinion

One of the problems the West has faced with the Arab world during the Arab Spring era has been its misinterpretation of the situation in Egypt. The scenario in that country has strayed off the path Western think-tanks hoped, or at least predicted, it would follow...

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A handout photograph supplied by the Palestinian Authority shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as he addresses the Revolutionary Council in the West Bank town of Ramallah, 16 June 2015. (EPA/OSAMA FALAH)

Palestine: Abbas orders PM to form new government, says adviser

by Kifah Ziboun | Jun 18, 2015 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—A new Palestinian cabinet consisting of members with links to factions from across the political spectrum will replace the technocratic, national unity government that resigned on Wednesday, a presidential adviser told Asharq Al-Awsat....

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Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince, Defense Minister, and Second Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman attends a cabinet meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (SPA)

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince in Russia on official visit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 17, 2015 | Middle East

Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman arrived in Russia on Wednesday on an official visit, according to a statement by the Royal Court. The visit comes at the behest of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin...

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Members of the Druze community hold flags, as they watch fighting in Syria’s ongoing civil war, next to the border fence between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams, June 16, 2015. Israel’s president expressed his concern to the United States last week about the fate of the Druze […]

Opinion: The Druze position is a challenge for Syria’s uprising

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jun 17, 2015 | Opinion

The massacre recently committed by Al-Nusra Front elements in the village of Qalb Lozeh, in Idlib province in northwestern Syria, could not have come at a worse time, given the way the Syrian uprising is moving, and how it is developing. Here, I am not talking about...

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The United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrives at the Yemeni rebels’ hotel during Yemen peace talks on June 16, 2015 in Geneva. (AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI)

Yemen: Houthi “last-minute” demands threaten to scupper Geneva talks

by Younnes Suleimani | Jun 17, 2015 | Middle East

Geneva, Asharq Al-Awsat—Last-minute demands by the Houthi movement could threaten to derail peace talks that opened in the Swiss city of Geneva on Monday between Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the rebel group, it has emerged. The Houthi delegation...