Egypt’s public prosecutor office said on Saturday it had received complaints accusing ousted President Mohamed Mursi and members of his Muslim Brotherhood of spying, inciting the killings of protesters and damaging the economy. Al Arabiya’s Cairo correspondent reported that the prosecutor’s office said it was investigating the complaints to allow those accused to
A fatwa (religious edict) apparently permitting ‘sexual jihad’ appeared on a Facebook page reportedly affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), but some have dismissed it as a parody. The fatwa supposedly came in response to a question by a female Brotherhood supporter asking if ‘sexual Jihad’ is allowed in Rabea al-Adawiya Square
A senior leader of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi's party called for mass rallies across Egypt on Monday, hours after tens of thousands of Mursi's supporters demanded his return in a peaceful protest in Cairo. Interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi is expected to swear in a new cabinet next week to enforce
The youthfulness of Qatar’s new leader Sheikh Tamim may help steer the country to a new course in its regional and international foreign policy, notes an analysis published by the Atlantic Council. The article --What’s next for the youngest leader in the Arab world -- states that Qatar has been the most consistent
The Syrian rebels are continuing to turn on one another. Syrian rebels linked to Al-Qaeda killed a senior figure in the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Thursday, an FSA source told Reuters. Kamal Hamami, a member of the Free Syrian Army's Supreme Military Council, known by his nom de guerre Abu Bassel al-Ladkani,
Egypt is planning a large scale offensive against Sinai terrorists, where it has already killed scores of Islamist fighters - including 32 Hamas men - in recent days, according to reports. Egyptian forces also arrested several others over the past few days in the Sinai Peninsula, an Egyptian military source told the London-based Arabic-language
Hours after United States officials confirmed that plans to deliver F-16 fighter jets to Egypt will go ahead despite the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, President Barack Obama took a step back and ordered a review of U.S. assistance to Egypt's government. "Given the events of last week, the President has
Prosecutors will investigate allegations that Egypt's ousted president escaped from prison during the 2011 revolution with help from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, officials said Thursday. Chief prosecutor Hesham Barakat has received testimonies from a court in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia that will be the base for an investigation by
Saudi Arabia is targeting both Israel and Iran with powerful ballistic missiles, new satellite photography shown by military experts to the British Telegraph suggests. Images analyzed by experts at IHS Jane's Intelligence Review has revealed a previously undisclosed surface-to-surface missile base deep in the Saudi desert, with capabilities for hitting both countries, the Telegraph
The White House was cautious Monday about the situation in Egypt, refusing to call the Egyptian military’s ouster of President Mohammed Morsi a “coup.” “We are going to take the time necessary to review what has taken place,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney, when asked directly whether President Barack Obama views the
