by Mahmud El Shafey | Sep 5, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim survived a bomb attack early on Thursday in Cairo’s northeastern Nasr City. The explosion targeted the minister’s convoy, detonating close to his residence in Nasr City. Egypt’s Ambulance Authority...
by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Jan 23, 2013 | Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat–In 1995, members of the Al-Gama’a al-Islamiya, working together with Egyptian Islamic Jihad, staged an assassination attempt on then president Hosni Mubarak as he arrived in Addis Ababa for a summit of African leaders. Gunmen...