Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday slammed European countries for criticizing deteriorating press freedom in Turkey, Reuters reported, saying they should instead try to find a solution for what the increasing Islamophobia in Europe. Turkish police earlier this month raided media outlets close to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Erdogan accuses of
How did Jerusalem become so important to Muslims? The importance of Jerusalem for Jews and Christians is beyond dispute, since the connection of this city to Judaism and Christianity is part of universal concepts about history and theology. However, when it comes to modern politics, we hear over and over that Palestinians, Arabs and
The Iranian army on Thursday began a massive military drill sprawling from the farthest eastern expanses of the Islamic regime all the way to its southern maritime borders opposite the principality of Oman, in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Aden. A full 13,000 Iranian soldiers are taking part in the six-day
Reports in a Kuwaiti paper Friday morning indicate that Qatar has temporarily cut its funding for the Gaza-based Muslim Brotherhood-offshoot Hamas terrorist organization, in an attempt to cull favor with Egypt and lead to rapprochement between the two rival nations. The report in Al Jarida cited a senior Egyptian source saying that Qatar has
A roadside bomb struck an Egyptian army vehicle late Thursday, killing an officer and a soldier in the insurgent flashpoint of the Sinai Peninsula, security officials said, according to the AFP news agency. The attack occurred south of the town of El-Arish, scene of frequent attacks by Islamist terrorists on security forces. One
An Israeli delegation is reportedly in Egypt Thursday to search for the remains of 22 missing soldiers. According to Egyptian media reports, the delegation arrived early this morning from Amman, Jordan. The bodies are believed to include those of 16 soldiers who went missing during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, as well as others
The real reason Israel did not attack Iran is just part of it. PM Netanyahu has been a brave Israeli Prime Minister on the Iranian nuclear issue. Why? The entire present-day country of Iran is rung with huge difficult mountains. In specific, the Zagros Mountains line Iran’s western borders and tower over 4,000 meters
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu used a special Christmas address to highlight the plight of Christians in the wider Middle East, while contrasting Israel as a safe-haven for the region's Christian minorities. {youtube}xh80vhMG6MM{/youtube} "Christian communities across the Middle East are experiencing a particularly difficult time," Netanyahu said. "They're experiencing violence, execution and fear. This has
A Jordanian parliamentarian is so much against her country’s gas deal with Israel, that she would rather set herself on fire than see the deal being implemented. The MP, Hind Al-Fayez, said in a television interview that a Jordanian-Israeli gas deal was tantamount to having "dealings with Satan." "I will use firewood or
The Ministry of the Interior in Gaza is deploying security forces on the border with Israel and intensifying its presence in the area in order to prevent Palestinian Arabs from crossing into Israel from Gaza without documents, the Ma’an news agency reported on Wednesday. The announcement came hours after a gunfight erupted on the
