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In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 file photograph, the Rafah border terminal between Egypt and Gaza, and the only gateway for Gaza’s people, is closed and guarded by Egyptian border guards in Rafah, Egypt.(AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa, File)

Egypt closes Rafah border crossing in wake of kidnappings

by Nadine Makarem | May 18, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian police closed the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Friday after seven Egyptian seurity officers were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula near the border with Israel earlier this week. Egyptian Security and Bedouin...

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Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via video during a conference, held in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday May, 9, 2013. (AP Photo)

Nasrallah expects “exceptional” weapons from Syria

by Nadine Makarem | May 10, 2013 | Middle East

London/Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The secretary general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said on Thursday evening that his party will be receiving “exceptional” weapons from Syria. Days after Israeli air raids flew near Damascus, allegedly targeting weapons destined to...

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Israeli soldiers taking position during clashes with Palestinian students from Bir Ziet university, February 19, 2013. (EPA/ATEF SAFADI)

European Ex-Leaders Urge New Efforts on Israel-Palestine

by Nadine Makarem | Apr 27, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A group of senior former European leaders and officials warned the EU’s foreign policy chief this week that the chances for a peaceful two-state solution to the Arab–Israeli conflict are growing dim, and urged action to re-start the peace...

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The Egypt Independent’s old logo (Egypt Independent)

A Voice Falls Silent

by Nadine Makarem | Apr 27, 2013 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Cairo-based Egypt Independent newspaper delivered its final issue on Thursday, April 25. After four years of operation, Egypt’s leading independent English newspaper has officially terminated publication. While the paper’s owners said that...

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Tourists sit in a cable car from Harisa into Jounieh in northern Beirut on April 18, 2013. (REUTERS/Jamal Saidi)

Lebanon: Tourism Perseveres Despite Regional Instability

by Nadine Makarem | Apr 23, 2013 | Business

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The common notion of tourism in Lebanon is to picture a day of snowy slopes by morning and then sunshine by the sea only hours later. Lately, however, this notion has changed. For two years, there has been the highly discussed and greatly...