Awda's rising profile and growing ties with Arab states that oppose Syria's new Islamist rulers make him a threat?
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.
Syria has faced such transitions before. Unless secular, pro-democracy advocates learn from the past, we risk falling into the same traps.
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.
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CAIRO, Jan 5 — The Islamist takeover of Syria has left Egypt apprehensive and cautiously calibrating future ties, years after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power by toppling the Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt backed president Bashar al-Assad until ...
The fall of Assad in Syria will be complex for Jordan. The victory of HTS may empower local Islamists while reopening trade will boost its economy. Jordan must work closely with Syria’s new leaders to address the challenges ahead.
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,
(photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X/VIA SECTION 27A OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT) Syria's new authorities have ... the Egyptian government's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood at home. The militant, Ahmed ...
The Brotherhood, one of the Arab world's ... Thousands of Sunni Muslim foreigners joined Syria's rebels early in the 13-year civil war to fight against Assad's rule and the Iran-backed Shi'ite ...
Tukey’s actions in Syria and Iraq also signal a deeper shift away from its Western alliances. Erdogan’s government has cultivated closer ties with Russia.