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The unconfirmed killing of two Al-Qaeda leaders in Northern Mali last week, which was announced by the Chadian army supporting French ... <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/03/03/269445.html">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/20/267421.html">Is Tunisia falling apart? Here’s what’s going on</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Wednesday, 20 February 2013</p> <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/20/267421.html"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130305025728im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/48/88/155x95_19362_267421.jpg"/></a> <p>Tunisia now has no prime minister and is facing its worst crisis since it kicked off the Arab Spring. Here’s a look at the turmoil rocking this Mediterranean country of 10 million that many still think has the best chance of becoming a true democracy in the Arab <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/20/267421.html">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/18/266864.html">Iran’s leader steps deeper into the political fray</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Monday, 18 February 2013</p> <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/18/266864.html"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130305025728im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/8e/eb/155x95_73468_266864.jpg"/></a> <p>Iran’s supreme leader is supposed to be many things in the eyes of his followers: Spiritual mentor, protector of the Islamic Revolution, a moral compass above the regular fray. Political referee is not among them. Yet that is the unfamiliar role Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has adopted as the ... <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/18/266864.html">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/11/265664.html">Optimist Prime: study shows Saudis most optimistic among Arabs</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Monday, 11 February 2013</p> <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/11/265664.html"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130305025728im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/ad/d1/155x95_27113_265664.jpg"/></a> <p>Saudi Arabia has been ranked as the Arab world’s most future-oriented and optimistic nation, according to a recent international study, prompting a wave of excitement and discussion on the social media. The “Future Orientation Index,” a study developed by two professors -- Dr. Suzy Moat of the University College of London ... <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/11/265664.html">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/11/265649.html">Islamists lack the knowledge to rule in Tunisia and Egypt: Experts</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Monday, 11 February 2013</p> <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/11/265649.html"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130305025728im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/98/8e/155x95_61369_265649.jpg"/></a> <p>Islamists who rose to power following the Arab Spring uprisings that toppled veteran leaders in Tunisia and Egypt are facing an uncertain future because they lack the political savvy to rule, analysts say. The murder last week of leftist Tunisian politician and outspoken government critic Chokri Belaid sparked ... <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/11/265649.html">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/27/262908.html">Controversial appointment in Lebanon's Special Tribunal, raises questions</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Sunday, 27 January 2013</p> <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/27/262908.html"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130305025728im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/8a/ae/155x95_80975_262908.jpg"/></a> <p>Herman von Habel, the registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon arrived in Beirut on Monday 28. Jan, 2013 and is set to meet a number of Lebanese officials. The Lebanese newspaper An Nahar said the meeting will discuss the trials set to start on March 25, 2013. He will also be looking into the witnesses’ leaks ... <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/27/262908.html">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/27/262781.html">Egypt’s Port Said bleeds, but for what reason?</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Sunday, 27 January 2013</p> <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/27/262781.html"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130305025728im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/ed/d5/155x95_73119_262781.jpg"/></a> <p>Port Said, the Egyptian Mediterranean city, paid Saturday about 30 lives following a court ruling that sentenced to death 21 of its residents for their role in a mass killing that took place at the city’s soccer stadium last year. But it would be simplistic to argue that the bloodbath in Port Said yesterday was the result ... <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/27/262781.html">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/21/261577.html">Colonial foes come together as Islamists become the external threat</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Monday, 21 January 2013</p> <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/21/261577.html"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130305025728im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/c3/37/155x95_86776_261577.jpg"/></a> <p>The terrorist attack on an Algerian natural gas plant that left dozens of hostages and militants dead has demonstrated how a failing Algerian insurgency transformed itself into a regional threat, partly by exploiting the turmoil unleashed by the Arab Spring revolts. Al-Qaeda's branch in Algeria ... <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/21/261577.html">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/19/261365.html">The multi-layered competition over the online space</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Saturday, 19 January 2013</p> <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/19/261365.html"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130305025728im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/1c/c1/155x95_43045_261365.jpg"/></a> <p>In the digital age, the capitalist system is suffering a fundamental change in its functioning since the value it creates has intrinsically changed. This change is unfolding in social networks in which relationships between sellers and buyers are being transformed into a new and strange association between suppliers and users ... <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/19/261365.html">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/10/259734.html">Senior scholars and the new Egyptian constitution</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Thursday, 10 January 2013</p> <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/10/259734.html"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130305025728im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/af/f9/155x95_8427_259734.jpg"/></a> <p>Egypt's Al-Azhar Association of Senior Scholars came into being in 1911, more than 700 years after the establishment of al-Azhar, and was replaced in 1961 by another entity called the Center for Islamic Research. It was only in 2012 with the modification of al-Azhar law that the association was resurrected. According ... <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/10/259734.html">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/11/24/251437.html">The aftermath of the Gaza truce: possible scenarios</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Saturday, 24 November 2012</p> <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/11/24/251437.html"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130305025728im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/56/67/155x95_68674_251437.jpg"/></a> <p>A truce agreement was reached after nine days of Israeli military attacks on the Gaza Strip, during which Israel assassinated many key leaders from the Hamas and Islamic Jihad armed groups. As part of the truce, Israel agreed to stop all hostilities against Gaza, by air or sea or land, and refrain from targeting any ... <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/11/24/251437.html">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/11/06/248004.html">Romney favorite candidate of Free Syrian Army members</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Tuesday, 06 November 2012</p> <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/11/06/248004.html"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130305025728im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/dd/dd/155x95_41793_248004.jpg"/></a> <p>With less than a day away until a president is picked to lead America through the next four years, a bloodbath continues to spread throughout Syria, with the opposition tying scarce hope to America’s new episode. Unlike in the past U.S. election, where President Barack Obama promised his nation change, the international ... <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/11/06/248004.html">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="archive-box"> <h1><a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/10/07/242327.html">Libya PM’s delicate cabinet balancing act: analysts</a></h1> <p class="article-date">Sunday, 07 October 2012</p> <a href="/web/20130305025728/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/10/07/242327.html"><img width="155" height="95" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130305025728im_/http://images.alarabiya.net/37/7a/155x95_1014_242327.jpg"/></a> <p>Libya’s Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagur faces an uphill task in naming a government on Sunday that balances regional and political interests while also tackling multiple security issues, analysts say. 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