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Taken from the Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic website 18th November 2015
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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.)
Debate: Egypt’s military had to intervene
The question of the future of the Muslim Brotherhood is a sore spot for the group. A year after coming to power, and attempting to monopolize the state, the Brotherhood have lost everything that they gained. Following a long period in which they denied that violence...Caption:
Burkina Faso’s foreign Minister Djibril Bassole speaks to media after meeting with representatives of Touareg rebels and Malian government on June 10, 2013 at the presidential palace in Ouagadougou. AFP Photo/Ahmed Ouoba
Mali government, Tuaregs reach ceasefire deal ‘in principle’
Ouagadougou, Reuters—A Malian government delegation and Tuareg separatist rebels have reached an agreement “in principle” that would allow planned elections in July to go ahead in the disputed northern Kidal region, a senior mediator in the talks said late...Caption:
A Jordanian soldier keeps watch on top of a military vehicle as Syrian refugees cross the border from Syria into Jordan (unseen), near Mafraq, on the border with Syria, on February 18, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/Kahlil Mazraawi
Opinion: Will Syria’s Assad Be Scared of 200 US Soldiers?
In the mid 1990s, the US government was keen to spread the news that it had allocated USD 15 million to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime and that it was spending the money to train and arm Iraqi opposition groups in the Kurdish region. Although the news resonated...Caption:
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [left] speaks at the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, April 8, 2013. Source: AP Photo/Jan-Joseph Stok