by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 26, 2011 | Features, Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi continues to witness his regime moving further and further into the international wilderness, whilst Libya’s internal situation continues to deteriorate. However in spite of all this, the Gaddafi...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 23, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – Egyptian Public Prosecutor Abdul-Meguid Mahmoud has issued a decision renewing the detention of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak for another 15 days pending investigation into the killing of protestors and charges of “[making]...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 23, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – Asharq Al-Awsat spoke with Libyan Foreign Minister Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, who took over following Musa Kusa’s defection last month. Al-Obeidi has held a number of positions within the Libyan government under Colonel Gaddafi, including...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 20, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Statements by the Muslim Brotherhood’s Deputy General Guide Dr Mahmoud Izzat about the implementation of Islamic Shariaa and punishments in Egypt has aroused strong fears among the liberal and left-wing political powers. They consider...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 18, 2011 | Features, Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has underlined that his country insists on holding the Arab summit in Baghdad on time, and that it rejects the calls for canceling or postponing it because of the revolutions that a number of Arab countries...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 15, 2011 | Features, Interviews
The theft of Egyptian antiquities not only concerns me, but Egypt as a whole. However, let me say that during the past seven years we have been able to return more than five thousand artifacts to Egypt, which were stolen or smuggled out of the country in various ways....