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Seven people were killed on Monday in a militant attack in North Sinai, Egypt. (AFP)

7 Killed in Militant Attack in Egypt’s North Sinai

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 16, 2017 | Middle East

Seven people were killed on Monday when militants robbed a bank and engaged in a shootout with security forces in northern Sinai in Egypt, security sources said. Four policemen were killed in the attack when five SUVs, each carrying four gunmen, fired at security...

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Fatah’s Azam al-Ahmad (right) and Saleh al-Aruri of Hamas kiss after signing a reconciliation deal in Cairo on Thursday. Photo: AFP

Hamas Runs a Regional PR Campaign

by Kifah Ziboun | Oct 16, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah- Gaza ruling party Hamas is steadily on the track of restoring its ties with former allies while maintaining current friends. The move by no means is risk-free, as conflict pits parties Hamas views as valuable against each other. It is no secret that the...

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Former Arab League chief Amr Moussa. (Reuters)

Amr Moussa Appointed Representative at African Union Panel of the Wise

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 16, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – The African Union Commission (AUC) appointed on Saturday former Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa as the first Egyptian to become a member of the African Union Panel of the Wise. He has been appointed as a successor to Algerian diplomat Lakhdar...

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Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. (Reuters)

Long Thorny Road to Building a United Libyan Army

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Oct 16, 2017 | Features

Tripoli – In 2014, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar reunited the Libyan military forces after they became fragmented in wake of their country’s NATO-backed armed uprising against leader Moammar al-Gadhadfi. Under Gadhafi’s regime, the army included a little more than...

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France’s Audrey Azoulay, the newly-elected director general of UNESCO, speaks to the media at the organization’s headquarters in Paris, France. (Reuters)

France’s Azoulay Wins UNESCO Director General’s Post

by Michel Abu Najm | Oct 14, 2017 | World

Paris – UNESCO’s executive board voted Friday to make a former French culture minister the UN cultural agency’s next chief for the four coming years after an unusually heated election. UNESCO’s executive board voted 30 to 28 in favor of Audrey...