Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that the abductors of the Lebanese pilgrims in Syria should address their grievances directly with him, and not through kidnapping innocent people. “If your problem is with me, there are lots of ways to resolve it. We can resolve it any way you want, whether through war
Mubarak’s former interior minister, Habib al-Adly, was also sentenced for life in prison for the protesters’ killing in January. Meanwhile, corruption charges against Mubarak’s sons, Alaa and Gamal, were dropped. Scuffles broke out soon after the verdicts were delivered, and chants of “Void, void” and “The people want the judiciary purged” could be
Deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and other defendants standing trial with him must be retried with solid evidence, the Muslim Brotherhood said in a statement issued on Saturday by the campaign of its presidential candidate. “The public prosecutor did not carry out its full duty in gathering adequate evidence to convict the accused for
Egyptians are impatiently waiting for the verdict in what has come to be referred to as “the trial of the century” in which former president Hosni Mubarak, his sons and several of his top aides and officials face charges. Despite the fact Mubarak is not the only defendant, Egyptian public opinion is focusing on
Hundreds of Egyptians marched after the Friday prayers to the iconic al-Tahrir Square to participate in a demonstration protesting former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq’s participation in the presidential election run-off. Protesters called for Shafiq to be banned from the race and for an investigation into corruption allegations against him. Shafiq is scheduled to compete
The Islamist aiming to be Egypt’s president vowed to keep Hosni Mubarak in jail forever and forecast his liberal rivals would back him in an election runoff against a former general he sees as heir to the deposed leader. In his first international media interview since he won the first round ballot, the Muslim
Al-Qaeda announced on Friday that it had freed 27 soldiers captured in southern Yemen last month after they had “repented” and promised not to return to the army. The Partisans of Sharia (Islamic Law), linked to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, said the soldiers had been captured in Al-Kud in Abyan province, where they
Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents Thursday confirmed the fall of one of their last remaining bases, the southern town of Afmadow, to African Union and allied forces. “The Mujahedeen fighters tactically withdrew from Afmadow this afternoon and the allied enemy forces have entered the city without fighting,” Shebab commander Sheikh Mohamed Ibrahim told AFP by
Egypt has struggled to obtain bank payments for its fuel purchases, trade sources said, delaying diesel supplies for transport, industry and agriculture ahead of the second round of an election vote. The payment problems have caused shipping delays and prompted some suppliers to think again before offering oil into a forthcoming $1 billion import
The IDF shortly after noon on Friday identified a terror squad in Gaza preparing to fire rockets into Israel and scored a direct hit. The Bethlehem-based Maan News Agency said four people were killed and four were wounded in the attack. The strike came less than an hour after terrorists, also operating in
