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Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi during a protest against his removal in Cairo, July 2013. (AFP Photo/Mohamed Hams)

Anti-Coup Alliance calls for “intifada” on anniversary of Mursi ouster

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Jun 15, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-led Anti-Coup Alliance has called for an “intifada” against newly elected President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on the first anniversary of the ouster of former president and Brotherhood member Mohamed Mursi. The Anti-Coup...

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An Egyptian supporter of Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, the nation’s former military chief, wears a toy tank on his head as he holds a poster showing him with images of late presidents Anwar Sadat, top left, Gamal Abdel Nasser, top right and Egypt’s interim President Adly Mansour, bottom right, during a celebration in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday, May 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egyptian government reviews controversial election law

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Jun 1, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian political parties have locked horns with the government over a proposed parliamentary election law which they rejected as detrimental to the country’s transition to democracy, threatening escalation if the government insists on pushing...

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Egypt: Terrorist group denies death of leader at hands of security forces

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | May 26, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Extremist Islamist group Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis has denied reports that one of its leading figures, Shadi Al-Menei has been killed in a military operation in Sinai. The group released a statement on a jihadist website on Sunday, together with what...

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Egyptian soldiers are deployed in the area of the Rafah Crossing border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on May 21, 2013 as Egypt intensified efforts to secure the release of seven security personnel captured in the Sinai. (AFP PHOTO / STR)

Egyptian soldier killed in Sinai clashes with extremists

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | May 12, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—An Egyptian soldier was killed and another injured in clashes in Sinai on Sunday, a day after Egyptian authorities charged 200 alleged members of a militant group with terrorist offenses. According to Egyptian state TV, a military operation took...

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Supporters of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak prepare to cut his birthday cake outside the Maadi Military Hospital in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, May 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt court bans Mubarak-era figures from elections

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | May 7, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned members of ousted former president Hosni Mubarak’s outlawed National Democratic Party (NDP) from standing for elections. The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters ruled that former NDP members are ineligible to run...