Heavily-armed Islamists, many linked with Al Qaeda, have deepened their presence in the Syrian uprising and threaten Christians with death if they don’t work against Assad. They warned two Christian towns on Saturday they will be attacked if they do not evict regime forces, as the new Greek Orthodox patriarch said Syria's often-fearful Christians
Turkey has strongly denied reports that it had launched a probe into some of the country's Jewish citizens on the grounds that they had collaborated with Israel in the deadly 2010 raid on the Mavi Marmara flotilla which killed nine Turks, Today's Zaman reports. "There has never been anti-Semitism in any part of our
During the past several weeks, the Vatican has worked hard to achieve the dwarfing of Israel into the indefensible 1947 ceasefire lines. Pope Benedict just met in Rome with the Palestinian Authority head, Mahmoud Abbas, hailing the recent United Nations’ resolution on Palestinian non-member statehood. “It is hoped that (the resolution) will encourage the
Egypt's ruling Islamists claimed early Sunday that preliminary referendum results showed strong backing for a divisive constitution rejected by the secular opposition, hours after polls closed and tallying began. AFP reported that the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party said in a statement that 73.7 percent had voted for the constitution, with votes tallied
Hamas is preparing to duplicate its 2007 civil war in Gaza and has instructed terror cells in Judea and Samaria to get ready for a military coup to oust Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, according to a London Sunday Times based on Israeli intelligence sources. The orders reportedly came from Hamas’ supreme leader
Israeli US Ambassador Oren has recently, correctly, and urgently warned that Israel has “to prepare for the possibility that they (the Palestinians) will take that step. We can’t discount it.” The “step” Ambassador Oren is referring to is the upcoming State of Palestine legal attack on the State of Israel at either the International Criminal
For millennia, the Sphinx guarding Cairo’s famed pyramids has gazed upon the rise and fall of civilizations and the passage of countless visitors. Now though, the ancient statue is looking on an absence of foreign tourists. They have been chased away, the coterie of local souvenir hawkers and guides in its shadow say,
The adoption of a divisive new constitution in Egypt looks unlikely to solve growing problems for the nation’s economy, which has been limping along ever since the 2011 revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak. Climbing debt, plunging tourism revenue, a tottering currency, fleeing investors and the hesitancy of creditors to step in to help President
ENGLISHAnti-Islamist Egyptian female activist Alia al-Mahdi who stirred anger in Egypt after protesting nude against the country’s draft constitution told Al Arabiya English Friday that she wanted to “make change” but in a different way. Alia took part Wednesday in a protest by the International women’s movement FEMEN in Stockholm “to say NO to
Violence in the Syria conflict has become openly sectarian and threatens whole communities, U.N. investigators reported Thursday following a visit to the region. “As battles between government forces and anti-government armed groups approach the end of their second year, the conflict has become overtly sectarian in nature,” AFP quoted the U.N. Commission of Inquiry
