Egypt summoned the Qatari ambassador in Cairo on Saturday, following concerns expressed by the Gulf state over the crackdown on Islamist demonstrators, reported Al Arabiya. “The Qatari ambassador was summoned over a statement by the Qatari foreign ministry,” Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty was quoted as having said. In a statement earlier
The al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Saturday claimed responsibility for the suicide car bombing last week in the stronghold of Shiite terror militia Hezbollah, reported Al Arabiya.. ISIL managed to penetrated the “security system of the Party of Satan (Hezbollah)... and crush its strongholds... in a first small payment
Muslim-on-Muslim violence is what the world should be condemning. Instead, the Brits put up a "wall" in London the protest the security wall that discriminates against suicide bombers. Lets’ set the record straight before the year ends: Israel is not an apartheid Nazi state. Islam is the largest practitioner of both gender and
Friday was a day of violent clashes in Egypt, between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and the police at a level unparalleled in more than two months. Al Ahram cited the ministry of health as saying on Saturday that 14 people were killed and 62 injured in clashes across the country on Friday.
Syria is undergoing an accelerated process of Islamization, which is led by extremist Islamist rebel groups that follow sharia courts, and who operate a morality police force that enforces law and order Islam-style. In Haleb, two men were convicted of failing to take part in the Friday prayers, and were sentenced to 25 lashes
An illegal arms cache was found Thursday in the home of the Palestinian Authority (PA) ambassador to Prague, Jamal al-Jamal, who was killed there in an explosion the day before. Initially the PA claimed his death was a "work accident," that occurred when he opened an old safe that had been untouched for 20
The US financial aid designated for the Palestinian Authority (PA) is set to grow considerably in 2014 to $440 million, up from $426 million in 2013. The aid aims to bail out the PA, which in June was revealed to owe $4.2 billion in internal and external debt. Palestinian Liberation Organization's (PLO) representative in
The Middle East neatly laid out in the pages of the New York Times has little relationship to the messy realities of a region with few clean borders, only messy collections of tribes, families, ethnic groups and quarreling variations of Islam. The Free Syrian Army (FSA) had one purpose. To fool America. Now the
PA leader Abbas views recognition of Israel as the Jewish state as a red line. It is high time the Palestinians recognize the Jewish people’s right to their ancient homeland, as Israel already recognized Palestinian rights in the land 35 years ago. The media reported that Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority (PA),
A bloody Friday in Egypt has claimed the lives of at least 11 protesters in Cairo and several other cities, Al Arabiya reported. Clashes broke out between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and Egyptian security forces throughout Egypt, said the report. One demonstrator was shot dead by police in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia
