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Libyan PM Ali Zeidan arrives at Tunis-Carthage airport on June 12, 2013, for an official visit. (AFP PHOTO/FETHI BELAID)

Libyan Muslim Brotherhood opens door to conciliation

by Khalid Mahmoud | Sep 10, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat–The higher council of the Libyan Justice and Construction Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, has authorized party leader Mohamed Suwwan to decide whether to withdraw from the government or not, as long as he decides within a...

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Egyptian army soldiers stand guard outside the Rabaa Al-Adawiya mosque, where Muslim Brotherhood protesters had a camp in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, August 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Egyptian police arrest Brotherhood leaders

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Aug 15, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Egyptian interior ministry yesterday said “a number of Muslim Brotherhood leaders were arrested following the security forces’ operation to clear pro-Mursi protesters from two squares in Cairo and Giza.” Sources in the interior...

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File photo of Amr Moussa taken on Thursday, June 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

In Conversation with Amr Moussa

by Ali Ibrahim | Aug 7, 2013 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The protests that toppled Mubarak brought many Egyptians into politics for the first time and opened up new space for some of those who were already veterans of Egypt’s political scene. Amr Moussa is definitely one of the latter. After...

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Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi during a protest near the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, 12 July 2013. (EPA/Mohammed Saber)

Opinion: Egypt is at the center of regional rivalries

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 15, 2013 | Opinion

Traces and imprints of regional rivalries over the conflict in Egypt are obvious. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait provided billions of dollars in emergency aid to Egypt after the ouster of Mohammad Mursi. Meanwhile, there was condemnation from Turkey against the...

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Anti-government posters calling for the ouster of Egyptian President and for early presidential elections. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI

Egypt unrest escalates amid calls for nation-wide protests

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Jun 8, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Opposition groups in Egypt are calling for a nation-wide demonstration to begin on June 30. The call was issued by Tamarod (Rebellion), a youth group campaigning to withdraw confidence from Mursi in order to hold early presidential elections....