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Hamas member watches over the border with Egypt. (AFP)

Hamas Takes Stricter Measures on Gaza Border with Egypt

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 14, 2017 | Middle East

London, Gaza – The militant Hamas movement announced on Tuesday that it was taking stricter security measures along the Egyptian border of the Gaza Strip. The decision was made a day after a Hamas delegation had held talks in Cairo with Egyptian authorities on...

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An Egyptian policeman stands guard on Cairo’s landmark Tahrir Square on January 25, 2017. (AFP)

Qatar Dispute Forces Egypt to Raise Security Alert

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Jun 11, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – A number of countries in the region could be faced with a new terrorist wave after they severed diplomatic ties with Qatar, warned media aide to the Egyptian Interior Minister warned Tariq Atiya. “The security agencies have raised their alert level throughout...

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Chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars Yousef al-Qaradawi speaks during a news conference in Doha. Reuters

‘Terror List’ Highlights ‘Common Objective’ Among Extremists

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Jun 10, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Experts in extremist groups’ affairs considered that the names mentioned in the list of terrorist individuals and entities, announced by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain on Thursday, and which accused Qatar of supporting it, reveals the “unity...

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United Arab Emirates Anwar Gargash, Reuters

Released Blacklist Is Qatar’s Last Shot at Reviewing Policy

by Said Abdulrazak, Sawsan Abu Hussain, Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 10, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, Cairo, Dubai – Amid unfolding developments on the diplomatic crisis with Qatar, seeing three Gulf Cooperation Council states boycotting the peninsula, the Muslim World League announced the termination of the membership of Qatar-based Egyptian cleric...

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FILE PHOTO: Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani attends a news conference in Doha, Qatar, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon/File Photo

Qatar’s Detrimental Foreign Policy, How It Ends

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 9, 2017 | Middle East

For several days now, Qatar has been boycotted from its neighbors’ air, land or seas, leaving it with no viable land border and just a tiny corridor for air and sea traffic. A number of shipping companies also halted service to Doha’s ports. Doha’s isolation was a...