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FILE – In this Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Egyptian President Muhammed Morsi attend the congress of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party in Ankara, Turkey. (AP Photo/File.)

Opinion: The Roots of Erdoğan’s Anger

by Ali Ibrahim | Jul 24, 2013 | Opinion

Discussing Egyptian–Turkish ties years ago, a diplomat jokingly said that the difference between the two countries lies in their Islamic history. While Egypt was ruled by the Mamluks, Turkey is of Ottoman heritage. Both countries had similar history, with only one...

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Muhammad Suwan, leader of Libya’s Justice and Construction Party (Asharq Al-Awsat)

In conversation with Libyan Brotherhood’s Muhammad Suwan

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jul 23, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The deposition and death of Muammar Gaddafi opened something of a Pandora’s Box for Libya. No longer forced to live in fear of an unpredictable dictator, its citizens are now struggling through a difficult transitional period, attempting, with...

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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: Tehran is playing a double game

by Tariq Alhomayed | Jul 22, 2013 | Opinion

The Iranians hastened to sacrifice the Muslim Brotherhood, not out of love for the Egyptians but out of hatred of the Turks, aiming to isolate Turkey in view of Erdogan’s recklessness toward Egypt. Iran’s attitude is also aimed at furthering détente with...

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A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi (portrait) holds pictures of the former Islamist leader and shout slogans during a demonstration in the coastal city of Alexandria on July 19, 2013. (AFP PHOTO / STR.)

Egypt: Senior Salafist defends Mursi’s ouster

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jul 21, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sheikh Yasser El-Burhami, the vice president of the Al-Dawa Al-Salafiya (Salafist Call) organization urged Salafist leaders and the members of the guidance bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood to step down to defend national interest. Burhami’s call...

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A member of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shouts slogans in front of barbed wire near Republican Guard headquarters in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo July 19, 2013. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Egypt: New constitution ordered as Mursi supporters rally

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 20, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi gathered in eastern Cairo’s Rabaa Al-Adawaiya Square on Saturday in their tens of thousands, renewing call for his reinstatement. This comes as part of an on-going sit-in that has been...