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Egyptian security forces stand by their Armored Personnel Carriers ahead of a military operation in the northern Sinai peninsula (File photo) AFP PHOTO / Stringer
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El-Sisi in the Sinai

Meets with tribal leaders, vows Rafah attack culprits will be named soon

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein

Review: Power of Brotherhood raises alarm

Egypt's prominent writers continue to reflect their opinions about the current political…

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Anti-Damascus regime supporters gather in the Bab al-Tabbaneh neighbourhood in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli following clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian regime supporters on 21 August AFP PHOTO / STR
attack

Clashes in Tripoli leave at least 33 wounded

Sectarian violence erupts in Lebanon, wounding 33 people

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Yemeni security forces on patrol (File photo) AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS
attacks

Oil pipeline sabotaged in Yemen

Bombing comes amid week of continued chaos

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
A candle burns beside a mural of late Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi at a press conference by Ethiopian government spokesman Bereket Simon where he announced the death of Zenawi in Addis Ababa on 21 August
AFRICAN UNION

Ethiopia’s long-standing leader dies aged 57

Controversial Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi dies, leaving Ethiopia in power vacuum

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Libyan security guards patrol Benghazi (File photo) AFP PHOTO / Mohammed Abed
ambassador

Car of Egyptian diplomat in Libya bombed

Motive unknown, underlines dire situation

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
A member of the Free Syrian Army tries to spot positions held by government forces from a residential building on the outskirts of the Salaheddin neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on 14 August AFP PHOTO / ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS
Assad

Obama warns on Syria

US could act outside of the UN, should Syria use chemical weapons

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Mali's interim president Dioncounda Traore preparing to address the nation on 29 July in Bamako AFP PHOTO / HABIBOU KOUYATE
africa

New transitional government announced in Mali

Two week after coup, Dioncounda Traore announced Mali's interim president

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Egyptians visiting Al-Azhar park during Eid El-Fetr (DNE Photo/Hassan Ibrahim)
Azhar Park

In pictures: Egyptians celebrate “Eid El-Fetr”

 

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Media

Myanmar’s road of reform; Media censorship revoked

Media control laws remain despite revoking of censorship

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez