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Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi are seen through an Islamist flag as they chant slogans during a rally near the University of Cairo, Giza, Egypt, Friday, July 5, 2013.
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File photo of Yemeni presidential adviser Dr. Fares Saqqaf. (AAA)
Yemeni presidential adviser talks national security
Sanaa, Asharq Al-Awsat—In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Yemeni presidential adviser Dr. Fares Saqqaf spoke about the security challenges currently facing the Yemeni government. Saqqaf discussed a series of assassination targeting military officers and...Caption:
Men (front row) accused of smuggling weapons from Iran sit in the court room of a state security court for their first hearing, in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden April 23, 2013. (REUTERS/Yaser Hasan)
Yemen seeks maritime arms smuggling crackdown
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian nationals are using islands in the Red Sea to store illegal arms, with a view to smuggling these to the Houthi rebels in Yemen’s Sa’ada Governorate, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of...Caption:
A Palestinian cleans a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip, 19 February 2013 after Egyptian authorities pumped wastewater into the tunnels running under the border in a campaign to stop smuggling into the Gaza Strip. Source: EPA
Opinion: Tunnels and Hostages
Although the situation of the Egyptian conscripts abducted in Sinai might be solved in the next few hours or days in one way or another, we must think about the larger issue that caused the security crisis that has been escalating over the past few years in the...Caption:
A Palestinian cleans a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip, 19 February 2013 after Egyptian authorities pumped wastewater into the tunnels running under the border in a campaign to stop smuggling into the Gaza Strip. Source: EPA