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Interior Minister informs Speaker and Parliament members about the latest investigations related to the Jan. 1 prison break/ Bahrain News Agency (BNA)

Bahrain: Possible Conspiracy behind ‘Jau’ Prison Break

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jan 9, 2017 | Middle East

Manama – Bahrain’s Interior Minister Lt. General Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa asserted on Sunday that incident in which 10 terrorists had escaped from the “Jau” prison on Jan. 1 involved the negligence of some members of the prison,...

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Algeria Accuses Two Countries of Conspiring to Undermine its Stability

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 4, 2016 | Middle East

A senior Algerian official yesterday accused two countries which he refused to name of conspiring “to destabilise” Algeria because of “its fixed stance on the Sahara issue and its defence of its sovereignty”. During a meeting for members of the National Rally for...

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Egyptian soldiers are deployed in the area of the Rafah Crossing border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on May 21, 2013 as Egypt intensified efforts to secure the release of seven security personnel captured in the Sinai. (AFP PHOTO / STR)

Opinion: The plot against Egypt

by Osman Mirghani | May 22, 2013 | Opinion

The nature of the relationship between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood will determine many issues in Egypt. In spite of all the statements that have been issued to the contrary, there is every indication that the silent standoff between the military and the...

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US President Barack Obama responds to a question during a press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, March 01 2013. Source: EPA/SHAWN THEW

Obama is the Antichrist, Say One in Four Americans

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Apr 7, 2013 | Opinion

There are many people who dislike US President Barack Obama for a whole host of reasons. In their eyes, his failures are nearly innumerable: during his tenure, he has not supported the Syrian revolution, taken a perplexing position towards Bashar Al-Assad’s regime,...