Amr Moussa: The View from the Opposition

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Amr Moussa, one of the main leader's of Egypt's opposition National Salvation Front (NSF), spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat about the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Egypt, the Mursi government, and the Syrian crisis. A senior Egyptian political and diplomat, Moussa previously served as Secretary-General of the Arab League. He also served as Egypt's Foreign Minister under the Mubarak regime; he stood in the post-revolutionary Egyptian presidential elections, but lo...

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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, saying that nobody should try to solve their problems using the army. During a speech addressing journalists and intellectuals, the Egyptian defense minister said that the armed forces will not even consider entering the st...

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