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Analysis: Putin has always endorsed authoritarian rule in the Middle East and Russia has profited significantly from the brutal subversion of popular uprisings.
Few feel life has improved since Arab Spring: poll
A new poll suggests many believe inequality has grown worse since the pro-freedom uprisings broke out a decade ago.
Is the Arab Spring still relevant a decade later?
In-depth: Ten years after the Arab Spring broke out, the hopes of protesters for democracy and social justice have failed to materialize, but ...
Obama's memoir and the Arab Spring
Barack Obama's recollection of his early White House years reopens the debate about the former US president's controversial Middle East policy.
A decade of upheaval, lost hopes after Arab Spring
From a time after 2011, the surge towards the dreams of the Arab Spring seemed irreversible. Now they are further than ever.
Nine Egyptian policemen jailed for torture, killing
Nine Egyptian policemen were sentenced to three years in jail for torturing and killing a fish seller.
Macron and Sisi: Geopolitical ambitions eclipse human rights abuses
Analysis: Macron views Sisi's human rights violations as a minor inconvenience to France's strategic objectives in the region.
Egypt 'opens trial' of acting Muslim Brotherhood leader
Egypt has commenced a trial for the acting Muslim Brotherhood leader.
EU scraps sanctions on family of Egypt ex-leader Mubarak
The measures, which saw the freezing of funds owned by the late Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and his family, were scrapped by ...
Egypt closes decade-old, controversial foreign funding case
Egypt closed a long-running investigation into 20 NGOs accused of illegally receiving foreign funds.
Ten years on, Tunisia is Arab Spring's only success
Only Tunisia has made the transition during the Arab Spring, with the other popular uprisings ending in repression, war or chaos.
The soundtrack of the Arab uprisings in 10 songs
Few of the pro-democracy protesters who took the Middle East by storm in 2011 had a flag to raise or leader to follow. But all had a song to ...
Veteran Egyptian human rights activist dies of Covid-19
Hafez Abu Seada, a co-founder of the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights who was arrested several times by the regime of former President ...
Egypt adds leading activist, politician to terror watch list
The ruling last week includes a travel ban and freeze on assets for three years. The decision may be appealed within 60 days.
Syria's Assad: Lone survivor of Arab Spring
Ten years on Syria's Bashar Al-Assad defied the odds, surviving international isolation and temporary loss of two thirds of the national territory to claw his way back into relevance.
US senators urge Egypt to release detained Coptic activist
Senators Thom Tills and Chris Coons have called on Egypt to release Ramy Kamel or give him a free and fair trial.
Biden and Sisi: A favourite dictator no more?
Analysis: While Biden has criticised Trump's support for Sisi, the president-elect has a mixed legacy when it comes to supporting human rights ...
Obama in book wrestles with 'messy' Arab Spring choices
Pressuring Egypt's Hosni Mubarak to resign while remaining passive on Bahrain as it suppressed protesters was an inconsistency ...
Merkel press office staffer 'worked for Egyptian intelligence'
The German national, named as Amin A., 'used his position from at least July 2010 to support employees of the Egyptian General Intelligence ...
2,500-year-old coffins discovered in Egypt's Saqqara
At least 100 coffins, some of which hosting mummies, were discovered in Egypt's Saqqara region, authorities confirmed.
Egyptian singer turns Mubarak-era song into ode to Trump
Singer Wissam Magdy has recorded a bizarre English-language version of a 1999 song praising former Egyptian dictator Hosni ...
Would Biden really stop writing blank cheques for Egypt?
Comment: Only a Biden administration would be capable of holding Sisi's regime accountable. But whether it would is another matter, writes Sam ...
Egypt set for protests after young man's killing
The death of Egyptian Owais al-Rawi has drawn comparisons to the killing of George Floyd and sparked calls for protests.
The man's family accuses the police of killing him, the prosecutors said.
Egypt launched a two-day vote for a new Senate on Tuesday, authorities confirmed.
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