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File photo of Amr Moussa. (REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
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Egyptian protesters run for cover from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Cairo, on March 8, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD KHALED
Opinion: Learning the Hard Way
There is an expression about “learning the hard way.” It seems that this is the message that Egyptian defense minister General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi sought to send a few days ago when he ruled out the possibility of the armed forces intervening in the political sphere,...Caption:
In this July 13, 2012 file photo, Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi speaks to reporters at the Presidential palace in Cairo. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
Egypt in midst of petition war as Mursi popularity plummets
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Responding to the Tamarod (Rebellion) petition seeking to oust Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi—which at last count had gathered more than two million signatures—the Islamists have launched a petition of their own in support of the embattled...Caption:
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (R) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (L) at the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, 10 January 2013. Salehi arrived in Egypt for talks with Egyptian and Arab officials on bilateral relations and the Syrian crisis. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI
Opinion: Assad and the Brotherhood
Last Thursday, the Lebanese daily newspaper Al-Akhbar—an Assad regime and Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper—anonymously cited an official who stated that the Syrian president is ready to restore relations with the Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt, as the stance of...Caption:
A handout photograph released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi (C) posing for a group photograph with his prime minister, Hisham Qandil (5-L), and nine new ministers during a meeting in Cairo. (EPA/EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY/HANDOUT)