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Why have billion-dollar projects inaugurated by Al-Sisi been shut down?
The President of the Egyptian regime has launched numerous projects to boost the country’s economy, but they have failed quickly and then been shut down, at a cost of billions of dollars to the country. This has led to an increasing national debt for Egypt due to borrowing the...
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What could happen ahead of Turkiye’s election runoff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has failed to secure victory in the first round of the Turkish presidential elections, after receiving 49.5 per cent of the votes. A second round of the election is now due to be held and he will face the Nation’s Alliance candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu,...
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Ex-minister: IMF loan will not end Tunisia’s crisis
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan which Tunisia is working to obtain will help the country’s general budget but not solve its economic crisis, former Minister of Trade and a member of the Political Bureau of the People’s Movement Party, Mohamed Msilini, has said. “Deep and comprehensive reforms” are...
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Egypt: will the calls for protests next month succeed in inciting citizens against Sisi?
Egyptian opposition figures in exile are working to confront President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and his regime a month before the COP27 climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh on 6 November. Heads of state and political officials from almost a hundred countries are expected to take part in the summit. Opposition...
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Jordan’s position towards regional issues has shifted, especially on Iran
Jordan has recently increased the number of its statements about Iran and its role in the region. However, despite the differences between Amman and Tehran, the statements indicate the level of ambiguity in regional politics and relations, especially as an Arab-American summit approaches. It is certain that Tehran will...
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77% of the residents of the Old City in Jerusalem are Muslims
An Israeli writer has said that “the statistical reality in the city of Jerusalem shows that 77% of the Old City’s residents are Muslim while only 10% are Jewish.” The writer observed that 24 per cent of the Old City’s territories in Jerusalem are owned by the Islamic Waqf...
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How has the establishment of the Constitutional Court in Tunisia been hindered since 2014?
The establishment of a Constitutional Court in Tunisia has been hindered since 2014. It is a judiciary institution that was supposed to have been established no more than one year after the 2014 election, yet six years on it has still not been formed. The court consists of 12...
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Leaked letters outline mistreatment of Ahmed Mansour in UAE prisons
Leaked letters from inside one of the most fortified prisons in the world, where Abu Dhabi’s political detainees are held expose the extent of the suffering, torture and abuse endured by prisoners....
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Turkey can help stabilise Afghanistan, expert says
Algerian researcher and adviser to the Afghanistan High Peace Council (HPC) Abdullah Anas confirmed that Turkey’s proposal that its forces remain to secure Kabul International Airport after the departure of NATO forces in September is a wise move which would contribute to achieving stability and peace in Afghanistan after four decades of...
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Egyptian army controls secret funds, report finds
Informed Egyptian sources have revealed specific information and exclusive details about vast secret funds controlled by the Egyptian military institution as part of its financial assets, which are not subject to any sort of supervision. These funds are not included in the general budget of the state or even...
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Nafaa: ‘Sisi’s regime will fall when he amends the constitution’
Opposition parties and civil society groups in Egypt must prepare themselves to fight back when President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi changes the constitution to enable him to run for a third term, Professor of Political Science at Cairo University Hassan Nafaa said. In an interview with Arabi21, Nafaa said: “Egyptian...
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Does Egypt’s regime have anything to do with these 160 deaths?
“As long as the Egyptian blood is not worth a cent… We should overthrow every president.” This was the phrase that the Egyptians kept repeating after every act that brought about a few deaths in the wake of the January 2011 revolution, but they have never expected a day...