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Egypt court orders retrial for Mubarak

Instead, he was found guilty of being complicit in the killings. Around 850 protesters reportedly died in the uprising, although…

13 years ago

Syria rebels capture key Idlib airbase

Syrian opposition fighters have overrun Taftanaz airbase, the largest in northern Syria, after several days of fierce combat, the Syrian…

13 years ago

Uganda Muslims Want Shari`ah Courts

Uganda Muslims have urged the parliament to pass a new bill to allow shari`ah courts in order to improve services…

13 years ago

Saudi king names women to advisory council

King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia has appointed 30 women to the previously all-male consultative Shura Council, marking…

13 years ago

Egypt’s Morsi backs calls for Assad war crimes trial

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi told CNN Sunday he backs Syrian calls for Bashar al-Assad to be tried for war crimes,…

13 years ago

Syrian defector reveals how al-Assad regime “fabricates” news

A Syrian regime media defector, who previously worked at the pro-Assad al-Dunya TV, informed Asharq Al-Awsat how the al-Assad regime…

13 years ago

Syria opposition, West reject Assad ‘peace plan’

A defiant speech by President Bashar al-Assad calling for peace in Syria on his terms has met rejection by the…

13 years ago

Syria’s Assad set for rare national address

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will deliver a rare speech on Sunday about the uprising against his rule, state media has…

13 years ago

Syrian troops pound rebels near Damascus

Syrian regime warplanes and troops have blasted away at rebels close to Damascus, the day after a car bomb in…

13 years ago

Thousands rally in Gaza to support Fatah anniversary

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians joined a rare rally staged by President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah group in Gaza on Friday,…

13 years ago