Mansour, known for threats against Egypt's government. His arrest may ease Cairo's anxiety over the rise of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels, who recently overthrew Bashar Al-Assad. The Egyptian media has criticized Syria's new leadership amid internal concerns about the Muslim Brotherhood's resurgence.
Syria's new authorities have detained an Egyptian Islamist militant who fought against Bashar al-Assad's rule over threats he made to the government in Cairo, a Syrian interior ministry source and an Arab security source told Reuters on Wednesday.
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Dozens of Hamas leaders and members were killed by the regime of ousted Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported, citing sources close to the movement. The sources told the London-based newspaper that 94 Hamas members were executed in Syrian prisons without trial, as reported by Middle East Monitor.
Governments and the international community should take a cautionary approach to HTS's success in Syria, particularly in view of its history of violence and human rights abuses, its foundational ideology as well as how radical groups across the globe have responded to its resurgence as a divine sign that could rekindle the "jihad" narrative.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has detained prominent Egyptian poet and political dissident Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi following his extradition from Lebanon, Middle East Eye reported on Thursday.
Syria's new government has detained Egyptian militant Ahmed al-Mansour over his threats to Cairo, signaling a shift in Syria's political landscape and its relationship with Egypt. This move aims to address Cairo's concerns about the rise of Islamist factions,
Mansour, who founded the “January 25th Revolutionary Movement,” released several videos threatening Egypt’s president while promoting a widely shared hashtag: “Your Turn Is Coming, Dictator,” hinting that the Egyptian president would meet the same fate as Assad.
Awda's rising profile and growing ties with Arab states that oppose Syria's new Islamist rulers make him a threat?
The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a mukhabarat state
In the 1980s, the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria sparked uprisings in Aleppo, Homs, and Hama, all of which were violently crushed, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths. After taking power in 2000, Bashar al-Assad once again dashed hopes of ...
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Ahmad al Mansour, an Egyptian national and former member of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) in Syria, has reportedly been detained in Syria after threatening Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el Sisi. The Islamist militant is an Egyptian Naval Academy graduate with ties to the 2011 Egyptian revolution.