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Syria’s New Ruler Faces Jihadist Rebellion and Internal StrifeF

Ahmed Al-Charaa, once a top jihadist leader, now rules Syria after toppling Bashar al-Assad. But his grip on power is fragile. While rebranding himself as a moderate, he faces opposition from the Islamic State, which sees him as an apostate, and from former allies who...

Could Syria Avoid a Repeat of the Libyan Disaster: Opinion by Arezki DaoudF

By Arezki Daoud: What is happening in Syria cannot leave us insensitive to the plight of the Syrian people, who have endured decades of abuse from the Assad family and its cronies. From the father Hafad al-Assad to his son Bachar al-Assad, the Syrian people...

Egypt: Efforts at a National Dialogue Undermined by an Unhinged Political PoliceF

Egypt is sending mix signals on its human rights records. Some in Cairo’s political system are trying hard to project the image of an Egypt complying with international human rights standards, but the security apparatus remains active in undermining those efforts and...

Egypt Gets Massive Injections of Cash, but Outlook is Still ShakyF

By Arezki Daoud | LinkedIn | Egypt has many powerful allies, including those in the global financial sector. No one wants to see it collapse, so money is flowing in a-go-go. Despite a dismal economic performance, global rating agencies, which acknowledge that Egypt is...

Egypt’s Demographic Time BombF

This month of June 2024, the Egyptian population reached the record number 106.4 million people. Egyptians added 126,000 babies in just one month. Dividing this by 30 days, fetches 4,200 babies per day. The Egyptian government does not like this trend because this...

War in Gaza forces former Middle East foes to seek reconciliationF

By Mondafrique: The war in Gaza is forcing feuding States in the Middle East and in the Gulf to seek the path of reconciliations. Faced with President Biden’s inability to impose a red line on Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the four most influential...

France arrests journalist for reporting on alleged French targeting of civilians in EgyptF

France was accused of an "unacceptable" attack on press freedom Tuesday after a journalist was arrested for reporting on leaked documents that claimed French intelligence was used to target civilians in Egypt. Investigative website Disclose published a series of...

Egypt: With 2.2 million births in 2022, president Sisi urges lower birth rateF

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called Tuesday for measures to slow the birthrate in the Arab world's most populous country, citing China's one-child policy as an example. "We need 400,000 births per year," said the leader of the country of 105 million...

Egypt: Four dead in Cairo building collapseF

A building collapse on Wednesday killed four Egyptians from the same family in a Cairo neighbourhood where a similar tragedy occurred earlier this summer, state media reported. Five people were also injured when the four-storey building fell in a street in the...

Egypt releases political activist Ahmed DoumaF

Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure in the country's 2011 uprising who has spent the past decade behind bars, walked free from prison Saturday following a presidential pardon. Douma, now 37, was a leading activist in the 2011 uprising that toppled...

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