Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood organized a 760-km (470-mile)-long human chain of supporters across the country on Thursday to back the group’s presidential candidate Mohammed Mursi in a show of strength ahead of next week’s historic vote. From Cairo to Aswan, members of the Brotherhood and its Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), held posters of Mohammed
Yemeni troops advanced Friday toward the city of Jaar, a bastion of al-Qaeda in the south of the country where five militants were also killed in clashes with tribesmen, local and military sources said. “Armed forces have made notable advance west of Jaar” and are near an ammunition depot controlled by al-Qaeda in the
Three near-simultaneous bomb blasts at a pet market in east Baghdad killed five people on Friday, officials said, just hours after an attack in the city’s southeast left five dead. The explosions, which occurred at around 7:00 am (0400 GMT) in the Maamal area, also wounded at least 31 other people, the security and
Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday told CNN that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is "doomed" and urged the international community to hasten his departure. "I'm quite frustrated for the slowness of its collapse. I believe that he [Assad] is doomed anyhow. I believe that there is a need to raise our voices both for
An Islamic school in Toronto, which has been under police investigation for its school texts that draw comparisons between Judaism and Nazism and encourage jihad, has lost its license to use Toronto District School Board property. The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) suspended a permit issued to the Islamic Shia Study Centre, which operated
In March, House Homeland Security Committee chief Peter King voiced the belief that there may be hundreds, if not thousands, of Hizbullah operatives inside the United States, capable of launching a major attack on US soil. Now, warnings from lawmakers on Capitol Hill suggest that Iran and its terror proxy, Hizbullah, may have the
As part of the European Union’s assessment of its partnership with 12 neighboring countries known as the “European Neighborhood Policy” (ENP), the European Commission and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton listed a set of characteristically harsh ‘recommendations’ regarding relations with Israel. The recommendations, titled “Delivering on a new European Neighbourhood Policy,” include a
Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, The Associated Press reported. Aleppo, Syria’s biggest city, has largely remained supportive of President Bashar Assad throughout the 15-month uprising. Anti-regime protests in Aleppo have been growing since a raid on dormitories at Aleppo University on May 3
Shelling between two pro and anti-Syrian neighborhoods in the north Lebanon port city of Tripoli on Friday left three people wounded, sources told AFP. A security official told AFP that at least four shells and grenades fell on the two districts, one with a majority Sunni Muslim population supporting the revolt in neighboring Syria,
Emir Sheik Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Thursday blocked a proposal to amend the constitution to make all legislation in the country comply with Sharia law. “His highness the emir is not in favour,” Islamist lawmaker Mohammad al-Dallal told reporters. “We must think again about convincing the emir or submitting it again in another format."
