Egypt’s State Commissioners Authority, which advises the government on legal matters, has called for the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood movement. The legal body also recommended the closure of the Islamist movement’s headquarters in Cairo. The non-binding recommendation was based on a 2002 law that prohibits organizations and groups from forming armed
Inspired by Egypt’s “Tamarod” (rebellion) campaign, a Tunisian petition has so far collected around 1.7 million signatures in a move to oust the current Islamist government, the group’s founder said in an interview with the pan-Arab Asharq al-Awsat newspaper published on Monday. The founder Mohamed Bennour said the group is determined to
Egyptian Islamists backing ousted President Mohamed Mursi have called for demonstrations across the country on Tuesday, two months since he was toppled by the military. The call comes a day after Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour announced a panel to draw up a revised constitution but without the inclusion of Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood which
An improvised bomb exploded at a police station in downtown Cairo on Monday, wounding two workers, the state news agency said. MENA said three people on a motorcycle hurled what it called a homemade hand grenade at the police station. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Egypt has been gripped by political
The Palestinian Authority (PA) blamed the United States Sunday for the killing in Syria, reports Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). The PA's official daily wrote that “Events of mass killings do not upset [America] because they themselves have used killing as a means and a strategy to attain global domination." PMW's Itamar Marcus and Nan
Maariv quoted an unnamed diplomatic source in Jerusalem Sunday who bluntly called US President Barack Obama a "coward" for stepping back from an attack on Syria. "Obama is a coward; it is obvious that he does not want to attack and is looking for reinforcement [for this approach]. It is hard to believe
At least six people were killed and 190 were wounded on Friday in Egypt as violent clashes erupted between supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and security forces, the Health Ministry said, according to Al Arabiya. The protests come after a relative lull following the arrests of many Muslim Brotherhood leaders. The Friday rallies
Syria rejected on Friday remarks by United States Secretary of State John Kerry, who said earlier that U.S. intelligence had concluded that the regime was behind a chemical attack last week which killed more than 1,400 people. Syria’s Foreign Ministry said Kerry’s claims were fabricated. An official source at the Foreign Ministry quoted
