The head of the U.S. Africa Command said on Wednesday that Washington is “very carefully” watching what he described as “nascent” Islamic State (ISIS) training camps in Libya. At the same time, Fox News reported, General David Rodriguez downplayed the threat posed by these training camps. Rodriguez said in a Pentagon press briefing
More than 180 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood were on Tuesday sentenced to death in Egypt over a 2013 attack on a police station near Cairo, the BBC reported. The attack took place on the same day as Egyptian security forces broke up protest camps set up by Brotherhood supporters, leaving hundreds dead.
As high-profile terrorist attacks escalate in Israel, particularly around the Jerusalem area, a new Palestinian Arab video uploaded to YouTube last week shows the idolization of terrorism and propaganda fueling the current wave of attacks. In the video, one Arab terrorist wrapped in a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) flag and with a hand grenade
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the country will never return to the corrupt ways of the past, after a court dismissed murder charges against former leader Hosni Mubarak. "The new Egypt, which emerged from the January 25 (2011) and June 30 (2013) revolutions, is on a path to establish a modern democratic state
Iran will convert more of its higher-grade enriched uranium into reactor fuel under an extended nuclear deal with world powers, making the material less suitable for building atomic bombs, a diplomatic source told Reuters on Monday. Last week, Iran and the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China, and Russia failed to meet a November
An Egyptian court on Sunday designated the Islamic State (ISIS) a terrorist organization and banned it in the country. According to The Associated Press, the court ruling adds that it considers all of the ISIS's affiliates to be terrorist organizations as well. One of the ISIS affiliates is the Sinai-based Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis,
An Egyptian judge sentenced the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie, and 25 others on Sunday to three years in jail for insulting the court, Reuters reports. Badie, who is the Brotherhood's general guide, is among hundreds of the group's members who have already received death sentences and lengthy jail terms in mass
The Arab League on Saturday backed Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's plan to seek UN endorsement for a timetable for declaring an independent state, and rejected recognizing Israel as a Jewish nation, AFP reports Saturday. But the extraordinary meeting of Arab foreign ministers, which Abbas attended, did not announce when they would approach
Hamas has an opinion on the 'Jewish State Law' making rounds in the Knesset, Channel 2 reports Tuesday - claiming that the law could provoke a "holy war." "The law sounds an alarm regarding Israel's ambitions in the region, and threatens to bring about a religious war," Hamas representatives in Gaza threatened Sunday.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon predicted on Monday that the “momentum” of countries recognizing the “state of Palestine” will grow. Ban, who spoke before a UN committee on Palestinian rights, urged Israel and the Palestinian Authority to "step back from the brink" and return to peace talks. "The Israeli and Palestinian people face
