by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jan 30, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Cairo- Authoritative forces in Egypt raised the bar on security measures for the upcoming days, to ward off any possible clashes between Salafists, Shiites, and Sufis during the cultural celebrations of the “Mawlid Al-Hussein”. The festivity commemorates the birth of...
by Ahmed Imbabi | May 23, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—With Egypt’s presidential elections set to begin on Monday, Salafist Al-Nour Party leader Younes Makhioun announced that his party would be backing popular former defense minister Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, saying he is the candidate who is most...
by Ali Ibrahim | Jan 29, 2014 | Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—It is hard to ignore the continued presence of the Salafist Nour Party on the Egyptian political scene, particularly following the interim government’s recent decision to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group. This leaves the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 17, 2013 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—A double suicide bombing rocked the Lebanese city of Sidon on Sunday, the first time suicide bombers have targeted the Lebanese military. One soldier was killed and two others wounded as a result, according to the Lebanese authorities. The four...
by Catherine Shakdam | Nov 27, 2013 | Majalla Blogs
As clashes in Dammaj, in the northern province of Saada, intensify, officials in the Yemeni capital are growing more and more worried about the impact that sectarian tensions will have on Yemen’s fragile political transition. This is all the more worrying because the...
