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Medics sit in a makeshift hospital after Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted President Mohamed Mursi, early Monday in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8 , 2013. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Gomaa)

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood calls for “Islamic Uprising”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 9, 2013 | Middle East

London and Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Muslim Brotherhood called for an “Islamic uprising” in Egypt amid violence yesterday that resulted in 51 deaths and more than 400 injuries. The army said the deaths occurred when protesters approached the Republican...

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Egyptian supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood shout slogans during a rally in support with deposed president Mohamed Morsi on July 6, 2013 outside Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS

Opinion: Crying over the Brotherhood

by Tariq Alhomayed | Jul 8, 2013 | Opinion

What we are witnessing in the crying over the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood, tells us that that it did not have a political program for all the Egyptians, but a program for a movement which wanted to control the Egyptian state according to its own agenda, not...

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People celebrate at Tahrir Square with a portrait of Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after a broadcast confirming that the army will temporarily be taking over from the country’s first democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi on July 3, 2013 in Cairo. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI

Ex-Egyptian army chief says “the people” removed Mursi

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Jul 4, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The former head of the Egyptian army dismissed claims by the Muslim Brotherhood that yesterday’s deposition of President Mursi amounted to a military coup in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat. Former deputy director of the Supreme Council...

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Ghassan Hitto, the man chosen to head the Syrian opposition’s new interim government, listens to Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, unseen, during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Division over Hitto

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 23, 2013 | Opinion

“His origins are Kurdish and he was born in Damascus; this allows him to create good relations with all Syria’s communities. He could become the best mediator to resolve unsettled issues because he belongs to more than one community.” This is how President of...