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Under the proposed emergency laws President Morsy would assume a wide range of extraordinary powers Mohamed Omar
democracy

Dictatorship through democracy

New emergency law threatens to severely curb freedom

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan Archive photo
Daily News Egypt

Ghozlan decries prospects of restoring Egyptian-Iranian relations

“Syrian blood is not cheap,” says the Muslim Brotherhood spokesman

Fady Salah
Fady Salah
Egyptian Army soldiers secure the Israeli Embassy in Giza after it was stored by protesters in September 2011 Hassan Ibrahim
adjournment

Busy day for courts in Egypt

The verdict on the trial of Israeli Embassy protesters was read, the…

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Alawite

Daraya massacre aftermath highlights war-crimes

Finding 200 dead bodies, activists accuse the Syrian army of war crimes

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Palestinians wait in a hall at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before travelling to Egypt AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB
attack

Rafah crossing open, not for trade

Egypt re-opens the Rafah border, says EOHR Senior Foreign Relations Officer

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Despite Morsy’s efforts to form a Quartet to solve the Syrian crisis the fighting continues. Syrian children walk past a grounded army tank in the northern town of Azaz on 23 August AFP PHOTO/ ARIS MESSINIS
Conflict

Iran supports Quartet Committee for Syria

The faithful ally to Syria supports President Morsy Quartet committee plan

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Soldiers who served in the Israeli Army between 2005 and 2011 have discussed their treatment of Palestinians in a 72 page report released by an organisation called Breaking the Silence on Sunday (File photo) AFP PHOTO / GALI TIBBON
arrest

IDF soldiers testify to ill-treatment of Palestinian children

'Harassment, arrest, and mistreatment of Palestinian children' are the main violations outlined…

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Dozens of pro-palestinian activists taking part in the 'Welcome to Palestine' campaign protest at the Roissy International airport in April 2012 in Roissy-en-France, northern Paris suburb, after being denied to board planes to Israel (File photo) AFP PHOTO
activist

Palestine activists challenge West Bank siege

Airflotilla attempts to breach the Israeli siege on Palestine

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Yemeni tribesmen in Sanaa (file photo) AFP PHOTO
Al-Qaeda

Militants target Yemen minister

Yemeni transport minister escapes assassination attempt

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas addresses students in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 26 August AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI
Diplomacy

Hamas not invited to summit

Non-Aligned Movement invitation sent only to Abbas

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh