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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gives an address after the gunmen attack in Minya, at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, May 26, 2017 REUTERS

ISIS Cell Captured in Cairo, Seven Armed Men Killed in Assiut

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jun 23, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Egypt will extend a national state of emergency for three months after the government approved President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s proposal to do so. While the Egyptian authorities captured a terrorist cell that adopts the ISIS intellect and arrested its...

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A police officer mans a shooting scene after a gunman opened fire on Republican members of Congress during a baseball practice near Washington in Alexandria, Virginia, June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Gunman Wounds Several at Alexandria, Virginia, Baseball Park

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 14, 2017 | World

A gunman opened fire on Republican members of Congress practicing for a charity baseball game this morning at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia, police, and witnesses said. At least five people were injured, including House of Representatives...

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An Egyptian Copt prays in her home at the Cairo suburb of Maadi, Egypt. (Reuters)

Egypt’s Copts Celebrate Easter in Somber Mood

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 15, 2017 | Middle East

Egyptian Copts will celebrate Easter mass on Saturday in subdued fashion a week after the deadliest attacks against the country’s religious minority left 45 people dead in two cities north of Cairo. Usually one of the most joyous occasions on the Christian calendar,...

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Pope Francis welcomes Egyptian Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb during a private audience at the Vatican. (AFP)

Grand Imam of Azhar: Terrorism is an Intellectual and Psychological Disease

by Walid Abdul Rahman, Dalia Assem and Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo, Alexandria – The terrorism in the world is not a result of any religion, but it is an intellectual and psychological disease that is always seeking excuses for its existence, said Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb. He told Asharq Al-Awsat: “Terrorism...

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Egyptians gather in front of a Coptic church that was bombed on Sunday in Tanta, Egypt, April 9, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Bombings at Egyptian Coptic Churches Kill 36, ISIS Claims Responsibility

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 9, 2017 | Middle East

At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday, in the latest assault on a religious minority increasingly targeted by extremists. The first bombing, took place in the Nile Delta town of Tanta in a church...