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Court Upholds Writer’s Five-Year Prison Sentence for ‘Insulting Religion’

Hamdy Al-Assiuti, one of the members of Saber’s defence team, said the court disregarded the defence and evidence submitted by Saber’s lawyers. He added...

The Lost Spring: U.S. Policy in the Middle East and Catastrophes to Avoid

One of the great unanswered questions after the massive and violent changes that hit the Middle East in 2011 – known to some as...

Egyptian Christian Shot in Libya Near Death, Second Attack in One Week

The shooting of Salama Fawzy Tobia, 23, in Benghazi, Libya came a week after suspected Islamic extremists killed seven other Egyptian Christians in the...

Freed Nuns Reach Damascus as Prisoner Exchange Continues

The mostly elderly nuns and three other women from their convent seemed in good health as they sat in a room in Damascus with...

Muslim Brotherhood-Tied Activist to Host Fundraiser for 
Democrat Gerry Connolly

U.S.-based Muslim Brotherhood allies Akram Elzend and Sameh Elhennawy will co-host a fundraiser for Connolly later this month at the Fairfax residence of Mohamed...

Saudi Arabia Threatens to Lay Siege to Qatar: Cooperation or Confrontation?

The threats against the television station Al Jazeera, Brookings Institute and the Rand Corporation, were made by the Saudi Foreign Minister Saud bin Faisal...

Kidnappers Move Syria Nuns, Contact Lost: Negotiator

"I was in regular contact with them, but since yesterday we've lost contact," a source involved in negotiations said."It is very likely that they...

Egypt Passes Presidential Election Law

The election is a key step in a transition plan laid out by interim authorities in July after the army ousted President Mohammed Morsi.The...

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