Unlike Iraq or Afghanistan, a huge invasion is unnecessary to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities. President Barack Hussein Obama's dangerous complacency and compromise with Iran has afflicted U.S. foreign policy for too long, causing incalculable damage to Israel's security and American interests in the region. The truth speaks for itself: diplomacy does not work
A video of bearded Islamists taking turns to flog a man in former Libyan President Muammar Qaddafi’s hometown, Sirte, has left people in the country in shock, Al Arabiya reported Saturday. Although it was not clear what the man had done to deserve the punishment, the floggers – who belonged to Ansar al-Shariah (Partisans
Clashes between Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood members and oppositional protesters were heated on Saturday night in a southeastern Cairo suburb, with reports of “sticks and iron chains” being used during the attacks. Witnesses, according to local news site Egypt Independent, reported that the clashes Brotherhood members were provoked by protesters spraying graffiti against the group
Police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Mursi during clashes that erupted on Saturday as he launched development projects in southern Egyptian where residents have long complained of being neglected by the central government. Mursi was in Sohag province to unveil a housing project and new education
If you happen to walk past a café in Tel Aviv over the next week and see a familiar face – with an odd-looking mustache and perhaps “mingling” more than your average café-goer – it may be someone you know pretty well. The scene could be U.S. President Barack Obama carrying out his “fantasy.”
Syrian regime forces pounded parts of Damascus during the night, sending residents fleeing from the northern Barzeh district, as fighting also raged in the northern city of Aleppo, a watchdog said Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said regime shelling continued on Saturday and also affected the Palestinian Yarmuk refugee camp along with
Egypt’s official news agency says officials deported seven Palestinians to Gaza after they were detained for days in Cairo airport. The incident shows tensions between Cairo and neighboring Gaza, ruled by the militant Islamic group Hamas. Hamas sees the Muslim Brotherhood, from which Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi hails, as their ideological parent.
MOSQUES, IN MOSCOW In Moscow, you can snub an entire religion and not have it blow back on your political career. Mayor Sergey Sobyanin is doing just that in his battle against "excessive" numbers of migrant workers, many of whom happen to be Muslim. Sobyanin recently declared that he would not allow any new
Iran is "over a year or so" from getting a nuclear bomb, U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 2 News on Thursday, a week before his visit to Israel. Obama laid out a clear timeline for Iran to acquire a military nuclear capacity, while insisting that the U.S. would
Hundreds of Egyptians demonstrated in Cairo on Friday to press for the army to assume power in a country plagued by unrest and instability two years after a revolution which toppled president Hosni Mubarak. According to a report in AFP, the protest was held in eastern Cairo in response to a call by retired
