Egypt’s new leaders named 20 new provincial governors on Tuesday, in a move to enforce their authority by removing all Muslim Brotherhood members previously installed in the posts by the former government. The shake-up came as supporters of ousted President Mohammad Mursi reinforced their 6-week-old sit-ins in the capital and rallied for more
At least 32 people were reportedly killed on Wednesday morning, according to Al Jazeera, as Egyptian police began a crackdown on supporters of the deposed president and Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohammed Morsi. Islamists told CNN the dead number 200 with thousands injured, but the government said only seven had been killed and the network was
In what is being described as yet another example of Palestinian Authority (PA) denial of the Jewish connection to Jerusalem and the very legitimacy of the State of Israel, the Presidential Guard of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has claimed the Western Wall as an Arab and Islamic site. Last week, a picture of
The European Union has denounced the proposal for construction in Judea and Samaria and parts of Jerusalem beyond the 1949 Armistice Line. The EU insisted on Monday that Israel and the Palestinian Authority should "avoid any actions which would halt negotiations," according to AFP. Michael Mann, spokesman for EU foreign affairs head Catherine
Egypt’s smaller companies have struggled since the uprising that pushed aside Hosni Mubarak in 2011. But in a few corners of the economy, businesses are doing just fine. Against a background of unrest, access to credit and foreign currency has dried up. Government officials have stopped taking decisions and security has all but disappeared
Obama cancelled his summit with Putin over Snowden. But, maybe not. I posit Obama cancelled his meeting with Putin because the entire moderate Sunni bloc was tired of Obama's double-crossing and stealthy pro-Iranian alliance, and made Putin an offer he couldn't refuse. Saudi Arabia will order billions of dollars in Russian arms purchases
Radical Islamic organization Al Shabaab, Al Qaeda's branch in Somalia, is producing a series of documentary videos about jihadist warriors who came from the U.S. to fight against “infidel forces.” One of the videos brings the story of two young Americans who came from Minnesota, joined jihadists in Somalia and were killed in the
Ansar Bait El Maqdis, an Al Qaeda affiliate in the Sinai peninsula, vowed revenge Saturday after four of its members were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike as they prepared to launch a missile at Israel. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis said four of its members belonging to Sinai tribes had been killed by Israeli drones
New evidence reveals that jihadi entities, such as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Ansar al-Sharia (ASL), are holding training camps in Libya. Al-Wasat, an academic/policy research blog, reported on Friday that credible sources within Libya have confirmed such camps exist. The blog based its report on a Facebook post by Moaoya EL
A 10-year-old German boy discovered what may be an ancient Egyptian mummy hidden in a corner of his grandmother’s attic, reported The Telegraph. Alexander Kettler found the “mummy” inside a sarcophagus covered with hieroglyphics while searching around his grandmother’s flat in Diepholz, northern Germany. It was unclear if the item was a
