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Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi addressing cadets at a military academy in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Egypt military spokesman via Facebook)

Egypt: Sisi presidential bid looks increasingly likely

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 5, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi gave the strongest indication yet that he intended to seek the Egyptian presidency on Tuesday, as interim President Adly Mansour considers a revised presidential election law. In a speech at an officers’...

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In this Nov. 24, 2013 file photo, Ibrahim Mahlab, center, tours a government housing project in Ismailiya, Egypt. (AP Photo/Khaled Kandil, File)

Egypt’s new premier calls for protests to end

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 2, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, AP—Egypt’s new prime minister on Sunday urged a halt to protests and strikes to give the nation a breather to rebuild after more than three years of deadly turmoil, a call made by his predecessors to no avail. Ibrahim Mahlab made his appeal in an address...

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Egypt’s Army Chief Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, right, meets with Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan at the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Cairo in this February 1, 2014 picture provided by Egypt’s Ministry of Defense. (Reuters/Egypt’s Ministry of Defense/Handout via Reuters)

Egypt government reshuffle expected to allow Sisi to run for president

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Feb 2, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian interim Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi has said an upcoming and widely-expected government reshuffle may affect three ministries, including Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s Defense Ministry, in another strong hint that Sisi intends...

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Egypt’s former interim President Adly Mansour speaks at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, January 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television)

Egyptian presidential elections to precede parliamentary elections

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Jan 27, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian interim president Adly Mansour announced an amendment to the country’s political roadmap on Sunday, allowing presidential elections to be held before parliamentary elections, a move largely seen as paving the way forward for the...

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Polling station officials count ballots in the Egyptian capital Cairo on January 15, 2014 at the end of the second day of voting in a referendum on a new constitution. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

Egyptian voters back new constitution, says official

by Ali Ibrahim | Jan 16, 2014 | Uncategorized

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt has passed its first milestone on the military-backed roadmap this week, with reports agreeing that Egyptian voters have overwhelmingly backed a new constitution during the two-day nationwide referendum. A senior government official,...