Wael Kandil

The effort at reconciling the Syrian regime and the opposition being sponsored by Cairo and Baghdad is an exercise in absurdity and shows the forces of counter-revolution in the Arab world are strong, bold - and extremely cynical.

Egyptian Christian thinker Nazmi Luqa understood that religions shared common truths, and respected all religious traditions.

As Mubarak and his entourage walk away from court innocent of crimes of murder and crushing dissent, the political motives behind the former dictator's acquittal are becoming clear.

Three years after the deaths of protesters, a Muslim Brotherhood member has apologised for its passive response to the brutal handling of anti-military demonstrations.

The harsh 'pacification' of the peninsula is part of a broader attempt to quash opposition to the regime controlling Egypt

The bloc has proved ineffective at managing the region's political crises.