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Newly recruited Houthi fighters ride on the back or a truck during a parade before heading to the frontline to fight against government forces, in Sanaa, Yemen January 3, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Yemen: Two Years in Confronting Iran

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 3, 2017 | Opinion

The Houthis and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s seize of the Yemeni capital Sana’a through the power of arms was the end of the Yemenis’ peaceful uprising and the beginning of the war. Back then, I had no doubt that it would be a long and harsh war –...

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Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak waves to supporters from his room at the Maadi military hospital in Cairo on October 6, 2016
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak waves to supporters from his room at the Maadi military hospital in Cairo on October 6, 2016 (AFP Photo/Khaled DESOUKI)

Egypt’s Mubarak Freed from Detention

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 24, 2017 | Middle East

Hosni Mubarak, former Egyptian autocrat ousted in the events of the 2011 Arab Spring, was freed Friday from the military hospital. Mubarak had spent most of the past six years in detention. The release of the 88-year-old who ruled Egypt for three decades would have...

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Unemployed protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the government provide them with job opportunities, as Tunisia marks the sixth anniversary of Tunisia’s 2011 revolution, in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia January 14, 2017. REUTERS/Amine Ben Aziza

People’s Movement Leader: Ennahdha-Social Liberal Coalition Threatens Democracy in Tunisia

by AlMunji alSaidani | Mar 23, 2017 | Interviews, Uncategorized

Tunisia- Leader of the People’s Movement Zuhair Maghzawi criticized limiting the political operation in Tunisia to two parties: Ennahdha Party and Social Liberal Party. He considered this a misunderstanding of the political map following the 2011 revolution and...

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Opinion: Attacking Bahrain Season

by Salman Al-dossary | Jan 21, 2017 | Opinion

The story goes like this – three citizens were found guilty by a court of killing two Bahraini police officers and an Emirati officer. They were given the death sentence by the court of cassation after exhaustive trial proceedings in the presence of the...

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Riot policemen push back anti-government protesters during a demonstration in Algiers February 19, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Fears on ‘Arab Spring’ Seeping into Algeria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 7, 2017 | World

Algeria- Seven years ago, a regional wave of protests to topple authoritarian regimes in the Arab world came to be known as the ‘Arab Spring.’ The same popular uprisings against corruption in power have become a great threat to order in the North African state...