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File photo—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses members of parliament from his ruling Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) on October 8, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN)

Turkish court upholds convictions of top officers over coup plot

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 9, 2013 | World

Ankara, Reuters—Turkey’s appeals court upheld convictions on Wednesday of top retired military officers for leading a plot to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government a decade ago in a case underlining civilian dominance over a once...

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Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan speaks during a press conference on July 31, 2013 in Tripoli. (AFP PHOTO MAHMUD TURKIA)

Libyan Brotherhood threatens to withdraw from government

by Khalid Mahmoud | Sep 8, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The recent visit by Libya’s interim prime minister, Ali Zeidan, to Egypt has sparked off a political crisis in Libya, with its Brotherhood-affiliated Justice and Construction Party threatening to withdraw from the government in protest against...

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Turkish soldiers secure the area on September 2, 2013 as vehicles carrying detained Turkish army officers arrive at a courthouse in Ankara (AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN)

Turkish ex-army chief on trial for 1997 coup

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 2, 2013 | World

Istanbul, Associated Press—Turkey’s former military chief and 102 other people went on trial Monday for alleged involvement in the ousting of an Islamic-led government in 1997, as Turkey presses ahead with efforts to make generals account for their decades of...

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Egyptian army tanks drive through Alexandria’s coastal promenade as security measures were tightened across Egypt on August 16, 2013. (AFP Photo/STR)

A Dark Winter Ahead

by Andrew Bowen | Aug 21, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

For those of us who viewed the Arab Awakenings more as the Arab world’s 1848 than its 1989—if we can indeed draw parallels between the Middle East and Europe’s various revolutionary upheavals—this recent (and probably final) act of the Arab Spring is not so...

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Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi hold a large Egyptian national flag as chant slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi have installed a camp and hold daily rallies at Nasr City, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Opinion: Was the Brotherhood’s rise to power a mistake?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 4, 2013 | Opinion

There are two extreme opinions in interpreting the events in Egypt. Those that are of the first opinion have popularly supported the toppling of Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood government. They insist that allowing the Brotherhood to reach the presidency was a mistake in...