Egyptian Islamists gathered for a show of strength in Cairo on Friday ahead of planned opposition protests calling for President Mohamed Mursi to step down, highlighting the tense political divide in the Arab world's most populous state. Dozens of parties including Mursi's Freedom and Justice Party -- the political arm of the
The first delivery of heavy weapons has arrived on Syria’s front lines following President Barack Obama’s decision to put Western military might behind the official opposition, rebels told the British Daily Telegraph on Wednesday. The sources told the newspaper that Russian-made “Konkurs” anti-tank missiles had been supplied by America’s key Gulf ally, Saudi Arabia.
The U.S. ambassador to Egypt is under fire from opposition groups who were angered by her criticism this week of planned mass rallies against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood. Anne Patterson responded to widespread talk among Egyptian liberals that Washington had thrown its weight behind Islamist President Mohamed Mursi by saying in a speech
Egtpt'sFederation of Tourism Chambers has threatened mass resignations in protest against the appointment of a member of the political arm of a former Islamist militant group as governor of Luxor province. Several tourism companies have cancelled their winter trips to Luxor in objection to the appointment of Adel al-Khayat. Among the companies
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called upon the Obama Administration to publicly pressure the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood-backed regime of Mohammed Morsi to cancel the broadcast of a viciously anti-Semitic television series that is due to air in July during Ramadan and to cancel its distribution in the Arab world. The television
A group of Syrian rebels claims it killed four Hizbullah terrorists across the border in Lebanon this week. The "Syrian Mujahedeen Unit" posted a video on the Internet Tuesday, featuring one fighter saying his unit killed the men as they were crossing the border into Syria. The Sunni Islamist rebel group claimed the victims
An early morning attack intended for southern Israel following President Shimon Peres’s birthday bash fizzled with at least one – and possibly two -- of the rockets intended to kill Jewish civilians exploding instead inside Gaza. A total of three rockets were fired overnight, security officials said. The third rocket reportedly landed on the
A terrorist who served two prison terms for involvement in terrorism, including a plot to carry out a suicide bombing, has been awarded his doctorate in chemistry from Hebrew University, Maariv reports. The terrorist is an Israeli citizen and a resident of eastern Jerusalem. During the graduation ceremony in Hebrew University’s Har
A man stood still in Istanbul's Taksim Square: silent, staring straight ahead, he had not moved for hours. His peaceful action, on the square that police cleared of protesters on Saturday and where the Turkish authorities have banned gatherings, was a new form of protest. He arrived Monday evening as night was falling
President Barack Obama on Tuesday called planned U.S. talks with the Taliban an “important first step” to ending the Afghanistan war but warned of a long and bumpy road ahead. U.S. officials plan to meet with Taliban representatives in the insurgent group’s newly opened office in Qatar to discuss a more peaceful exit from
