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Mohamed Hassan Shaban
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on : Monday, 17 Jun, 2013

Egyptian police promise impartiality

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Serving Egyptian police officers have told Asharq Al-Awsat that they have informed their leaders of their refusal to protect the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, amid anger among the police against the ruling party. Pictures taken at the General Assembly of the Police Association showed dozens of officers chanting "down with the rule of the Guide," in reference to Brotherhood leader and General Guide Mohammad Badi'a. This come a week after similar chants during...

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Sharif Yamani
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on : Friday, 7 Jun, 2013

Egypt’s foreign currency reserves hit USD 16 billion

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s foreign currency reserves rose by USD 1.6 billion by the end of May, reaching USD 16.039 billion from USD 14.426 billion last April, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has announced. The USD 3 billion deposited in the CBE last month by Qatar bolstered the country's foreign currency reserves after this have dropped from USD 36 billion prior to the revolution to a decade low of USD 13.4 billion. However the jump in reserves will only cover three months of ...

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Monji Saidani
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on : Monday, 3 Jun, 2013

Tunisian forces prepare to confront jihadists

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Tunisian government has sent military reinforcements to Jebel Ech Chambi in the Kasserine province in the west of the country following an incident in ...

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Hannah Lucinda Smith
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on : Saturday, 1 Jun, 2013

Makeshift Aleppo schools shake off the dust of war

Aleppo, Asharq Al-Awsat—It’s Saturday morning, 9am, and the unmistakable sound of a school recess spills out onto the street. “Usually in Syria there’s no school on Fri...

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Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed
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on : Thursday, 30 May, 2013

Opinion: Iranian success in Syria is a threat to the Gulf

After regional and international stances became clear, the struggle in Syria and for Syria has also become clear: this is a war that will alter the map of the region. If Bashar Al-...

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Mohammed Jumeh
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on : Thursday, 30 May, 2013

Yemeni official says some Houthis fighting for Assad

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen's Shi'ite Houthi rebels are participating in the fighting in Syria, officials in Yemen have told Asharq Al-Awsat. An official source, speaking o...

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Eyad Abu Shakra
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on : Thursday, 30 May, 2013

Opinion: Nasrallah, patron of the Shi’ite highway

Regardless of whether the supporters of political Shi'ism in Lebanon and the Middle East really believe in what the Hezbollah leaders term the “resistance project” or if the wh...

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Ahmed Khadry
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on : Monday, 20 May, 2013

Choose Your Words Wisely

Actor Waleed Hammad dressed up as a woman and walked Egypt’s streets for an investigative television report into what it feels like to be sexually harassed. The program aired ear...

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Diana Moukalled
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on : Monday, 20 May, 2013

Opinion: The Heart of the Syrian Revolution

After showing the dead body to his audience, a Syrian rebel known as Abu Saqqar held up an internal organ he had ripped out of a Syrian regime soldier, looked at the camera and bru...

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Dr. Hamad Al-Majid
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on : Sunday, 12 May, 2013

Opinion: Last Stop for the Arab Revolutionary Train

No matter how desperately advocates of the Arab revolutions strive to justify the deplorable conditions in the states where these uprisings erupted, there is an unmistakable sense ...

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