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In this Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, file photo, Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim gives his condolences to a policeman during a military funeral in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egypt Interior Minister survives assassination attempt

by Mahmud El Shafey | Sep 5, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim survived a bomb attack early on Thursday in Cairo’s northeastern Nasr City. The explosion targeted the minister’s convoy, detonating close to his residence in Nasr City. Egypt’s Ambulance Authority...

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Egyptians carry the coffin of a Shiite man, who was killed last night along with three others by a mob, during a funeral in El-Sayeda Nafisa Mosque in Cairo on June 24, 2013. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA

Eight arrested in Egypt on Shi’ite murder charges

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Jun 26, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq AL-Awsat—Egyptian authorities have arrested eight people in connection with the murder of four Shi’ite men in the Abu-Muslim village in Giza governorate on Sunday. An unidentified security source said authorities in Giza arrested eight people...

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The military takes over security in Port Said city after the police’s withdrawal yesterday from Port Said city, 170 km (106 miles) northeast of Cairo, March 9, 2013. (REUTERS)

Egypt Fears Militia Takeover

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Mar 12, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat— Egypt’s Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyya has begun to form “popular militias” to put an end to the security vacuum on the Egyptian street. In an official statement issued by the group, Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyya pledged “not to stand idly by in...