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The Syrian rebels have besieged Wadi Deif barracks from three sides (AFP/File, Tauseef Mustafa)

Renewed clashes around Syrian army base

Fires and explosions rang out from Wadi Deif base in Maaret al-Numan

Daily News Egypt October 21, 2012

Mussa Ibrahim was the mouthpiece of the toppled Moamer Kadhafi regime (AFP/File, Mahmud Turkia)

Deadly clashes in ex-Kadhafi bastion, confusion over arrest

Mussa Ibrahim denies detention romours in an audio tape

Daily News Egypt October 21, 2012

Lebanese security forces inspect damages in Beirut's predominantly Christian district of Ashrafieh on October 20, 2012, a day after a deadly car bomb blast. Photo by AFP

Assad’s regime main suspect in Lebanon’s high-profile assassination

Wissam al-Hassan was accused of aiding rebels fighting Al-Assad's regime

Daily News Egypt October 21, 2012

Ibrahim was captured on the first anniversary of the death in Sirte of Kadhafi. (AFP/ Getty Images)

Kadhafi spokesman arrested

News of the arrest came hours after the authorities said Libya was…

Daily News Egypt October 20, 2012

Amadi told AFP that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi assured him that there shouldn't be any difficulties for bringing construction materials and equipments into Gaza for a reconstruction project. (AFP Photo/ Mahmud Hams)

Qatar to channel goods via Egypt to rebuild Gaza

Despite their ideological closeness, ties between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Morsy's Islamist…

Daily News Egypt October 20, 2012

The snap polls are the second this year and the fifth since mid-2006 as parliament has repeatedly been dissolved due to political disputes. (AFP Photo)

Kuwait cabinet sets December 1 for snap polls

The opposition has called for a massive demonstration on Sunday to protest…

Daily News Egypt October 20, 2012

Relations between Tehran and Riyadh have been tense for years over several political and security issues (AFP/File, Chris Lefkow)

Saudi coastguard capture 15 Iranians

Relations between Tehran and Riyadh have been tense for years over many…

Daily News Egypt October 20, 2012

Libya's de facto head-of-state Mohammed Megaryef gestures during an interview with AFP on September 21. Megaryef said not all areas of the country have been liberated, in remarks one year since the death of dictator Moamer Kadhafi. (AFP Photo)

Libya ‘not fully liberated’ year after Kadhafi death

Megaryef, president of the democratically elected General National Congress, gave a sombre…

Daily News Egypt October 20, 2012

Afghan security personel check passengers and cars at a checkpoint in the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province on October 20, 2012. (AFP Photo/ Noorullah Shirzada)

Six Afghan police poisoned, shot dead, officials say

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, according to purported spokesman Yousif…

Daily News Egypt October 20, 2012

Explosions and gunfire shook the northeastern Nigerian city of Potiskum on Thrusday. (AFP/ Getty Images)

Attacks ‘kill at least 23’ in Nigeria’s northeast

Kano, Nigeria (AFP) - A wave of attacks by suspected Boko Haram…

Daily News Egypt October 20, 2012