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In this Sunday, December 4, 2016 photo, Nisrin Malaji returns to her looted home in the Hanano district of eastern Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
December 7, 2016, 9:25 pm
Assad says Aleppo win ‘huge step’ towards ending Syria war
After blistering 3-week offensive, regime forces now control most of city’s once rebel-dominated east
By AFP
Alarab News Channel officer is seen on duty at the editorial offices in the Bahraini capital of Manama, December 15, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Mohammed al-Shaikh)
February 1, 2015, 11:10 pm
Outspoken Saudi royal launches pan-Arab news channel
Billionaire prince aims to challenge regional titans, media norms
By AFP
A picture shows the headquarters of Kuwait's leading newspaper Al-Watan, one of the largest dailies in the Gulf state, on January 20, 2015, in Kuwait city. Kuwait has scrapped the commercial licence of Al-Watan, which has been highly critical of the government, citing its failure to comply with legally required financial terms. (Photo credit: AFP/STR)
January 20, 2015, 11:32 pm
Kuwait shuts newspaper critical of government
Officials say revocation of publication’s operating license ‘not politically motivated’
By AFP
The tallest clock tower in the world at the Abraj al-Bait Towers overlooks the Grand Mosque and its expansion in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, October 16, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil, File)
January 4, 2015, 7:59 pm
Saudi Arabia denies allowing Jews to work in country
Riyadh says new ‘Jewish’ checkbox for visas on Labor Ministry website not an indication of policy change
By ToI Staff
The tallest clock tower in the world at the Abraj al-Bait Towers overlooks the Grand Mosque and its expansion in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, October 16, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil, File)
December 31, 2014, 4:04 pm
Saudi Arabia: Israelis banned, but Jews now allowed to work here
Kingdom’s Labor Ministry says religion not taken into consideration when issuing permits. But Israelis are barred from the country, and some Jews report problems gaining visas
By ToI Staff
Supporter of Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi protest a day before the trial of the former president, in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, November 3, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Eman Helal)
November 3, 2013, 9:15 pm
Morsi says situation in Egypt ‘serves Israel’
A day before his trial begins, ousted president claims Egyptian ‘children will pay the price’ of conflict with Jewish state
By ToI Staff and AP
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah addressing supporters via satellite link during a rally in the southern Lebanese border village of Aita in August 2013. (photo credit: AP/Mohammed Zaatari)
October 6, 2013, 10:59 am
‘Hezbollah’s long-range missiles can carry chemical weapons’
Lebanese politician tells Saudi newspaper that Assad transferred weapons with help of Iranians, who also built launch pads
By Lazar Berman and Elhanan Miller
A smuggling tunnel on the Gaza-Egypt border (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, File)
September 18, 2013, 2:50 pm
Assad using tunnels to smuggle arms to Hezbollah, Saudi daily claims
Opposition sources claim underground passageways have replaced vegetable trucks as means of getting Syrian chemical weapons to Lebanon
By Elhanan Miller
Salafi members of parliament in Cairo, February 27, 2012 (photo credit: AP)
July 5, 2013, 7:48 am
For Egypt’s Salafis, coup presents an unexpected dilemma
While apologizing to its former Brotherhood partners, Egypt’s Islamic right jumps on the revolutionary bandwagon
By Elhanan Miller
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak waves to his supporters from behind bars as he attends a hearing in his retrial on appeal in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 13, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
May 13, 2013, 1:03 am
In first remarks since arrest, Mubarak warns of burden on poor
Egypt’s ousted president reportedly gives first interview to media since revolution in 2011, says too early to judge Morsi
By Sarah El Deeb
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak waves to his supporters, Saturday, April 13, 2013 (photo credit: AP/ Tarek el Gabbas)
From the WebMay 12, 2013, 4:37 am
Mubarak says it’s too early to judge Morsi
In rare remarks to El-Watan, former Egyptian president says his successor should be given the chance to prove his worth, Reuters reports
The Assad family in 1994. Front: Hafez Assad and Anisa Makhlouf. Rear, left to right: Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majid, and Bushra Assad (Wikipedia)
January 25, 2013, 6:05 am
Assad’s mother fled Syria, US ambassador confirms
Anisa Makhlouf reportedly reunites with her daughter, Bushra Assad, in the United Arab Emirates
By ToI Staff
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures as he speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013 (Photo credit: AP/SANA)
January 14, 2013, 8:25 pm
Assad and family said to be living on a warship
Mistrust of security detail and fear of opposition siege in Damascus lead the Syrian president and his inner circle to sea, al-Watan reports
By Elhanan Miller
January 8, 2013, 3:19 am
Hezbollah sent 5,000 fighters to help Assad, daily reports
According to Al-Watan, members of the Shiite Lebanese militia have already killed 300 Syrian rebels
By Elhanan Miller
Soldiers watch as Egyptian men line up outside a polling station to cast their votes during a referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. (photo credit: Khalil Hamra/AP)
December 19, 2012, 9:32 pm
Egypt’s referendum overseer resigns
Official says health problems led to decision; second round of voting scheduled for Saturday
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