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In his former role as Military Prosecutor, Major General Medhat was responsible for the bureaucracy which saw over 12,000 civilians were subjected to military trials since the 25 January 2011 uprising (File photo) Laurence Underhill / DNE
Egypt

Controversial Military Prosecutor made new Chief of Military Justice

The promotion of Medhat Ghezy to Chief of Military Justice suggests that…

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
iran

Syria faces suspension from the OIC amid Iranian objections

During the summit Saudi King calls for Muslim leaders to unite and…

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz (right) pictured at the summit of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Mecca on 14 August AFP PHOTO/FAYEZ NURELDINE
cairo

Eid pardons for Egyptian prisoners in Saudi

The names of the pardoned prisoners have not yet been released

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Revolutionary Socialists are hoping to spread awareness of poverty in Egypt with the Ayzeen Naeesh (“We want to live”) campaign (File photo) DNE archive
awareness campaign

Revolutionary Socialists spread the message

The Revolutionary Socialists founded the Ayzeen Naeesh (We want to live) campaign

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Israeli army MerKava tanks take part in a training exercise in early 2012 (File photo) AFP PHOTO
EU

Israel-Iran war cause “500 deaths”

The Iranian government claimed that it had successfully tested a short-range ballistic…

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
A Bahraini Shiite Muslim joins a demonstration in solidarity with jailed Bahraini human rights and political activists in the village of Sitra, south of Manama, in the early hours of 14 August AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH
bahrain

Trials of Bahraini protesters

The verdict of the thirteen men and an additional seven being tried…

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
The Freedom and Justice Party are hoping to fill Tahrir Square, like this previous demonstration on 18 November 2011 (File photo) Laurence Underhill / DNE
al-nour party

FJP plans million-man Quran recital

Competing marches planned while Al-Azhar Sheikh claims killing those opposing President legitimate

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
French imam (3rdL) of the Faourette mosque takes part on 14 August in a march with residents to ease people's minds, two days after clashes broke out between rival groups in the Bagatelle and Farouette deprived neighbourghoods of Toulouse, southern France AFP PHOTO / PASCAL PAVANI
france

Hollande vows to quell unrest

Dozens of people clashed with police officers clad in riot gear on…

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez

Tunisia constitution date set

Tunis (AFP) — Tunisia's new constitution will not be adopted before February…

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt

Al-Aqsa mosque prayers

Jerusalem (AFP) — Palestinians poured into Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank…

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt