Jamal al-Jamal, the Palestinian Authority ambassador to the Czech Republic, was not killed in a terror attack, but by what appeared to be a “work accident,” PA Foreign Minister Ri'ad al-Maliki said Thursday. Al-Maliki released details that are currently known about the death of al-Jamal, who died on Wednesday in an explosion that occurred when
Egyptian officials continued their crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood Wednesday, firing tear gas and water cannons at a student demonstration in Cairo. Egyptian state media reported that about 300 pro-Brotherhood students blocked a road near the Defense Ministry, chanting anti-police and anti-government slogans. When the protesters refused to move, anti-rioting tactics were used, officials
Hamas’s Gaza Prime Minister condemned on Tuesday Egypt's designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group last week. Ismail Haniyeh also said that no one could label Hamas as a terrorist organization and snubbed calls by some rival factions for Hamas to sever connections with the Brotherhood. "We reject such a classification
Terrorists in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday blew up a gas pipeline that feeds an industrial area in the region, security officials said, according to AFP. The officials said there were no injuries in blast that targeted the domestic pipeline. The gas pipeline in Egypt has been attacked more than a dozen
MK Ibrahim Sarsur (Raam-Taal) distributed an official press release this week in which he expresses his full identification with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Sarsur was the head of the southern section of the Islamic Movement in Israel in the past. "It is a great honor for me, greater than any other, to belong to
Egypt, which has blacklisted the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, on Monday urged other members of the Arab League to follow suit. AFP reported that Egypt called on Arab League members to enforce a counterterrorism treaty that would block funding and support for the Muslim Brotherhood. Cairo also wants the League’s members
Jabhat Al Nusra, an Islamist group affiliated with Al Qaeda, maintains an infrastructure of governance as one of the central opposition forces. Aside from managing religious courts based on Islamic sharia law, the group has opened new schooling programs emphasizing Islam and jihad. In the southern Syrian town of Daraa, a school established by
An attack on a military post in Yemen's Lahj province left 10 dead Monday, in the latest in a series of skirmishes in the Arab country. Southern secessionist gunmen approached the military post on trucks with machine guns, according to the Business Standard, and opened fire. A military official confirmed that the attack took
Egyptian authorities arrested three Al-Jazeera journalists Sunday, alleging that they had met with the Muslim Brotherhood, according to BBC News. The three journalists form part of the new network's English-language staff, and have been identified as Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, the director of the network's TV station in Cairo; Peter Greste, an Australian and former
