Although the White House has decided to provide military assistance to the Syrian opposition, it is unclear just how much this aid will change the situation on the ground. The outcome of this influx of weapons will depend on the rebels' ability to use them, according to P.J. Crowley, the former U.S. Assistant Secretary
Facebook revealed Friday it received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data from U.S. authorities in the second half of last year, as it seeks to shield itself from a growing scandal. The requests covered issues from child disappearances to petty crimes and terror threats and targeted between 18,000 and 19,000 accounts, the
Winston S. Churchill, in his The World Crisis, Volume Five, described Germany's involvement in the Russian Revolution in April 1917 as follows: “In the middle of April [1917] the Germans took a sombre decision. Ludendorff refers to it with bated breath. Full allowance must be made for the desperate stakes to which the German
Egyptian protesters shouted slogans against President Mohammad Mursi as he tried to leave a mosque in Cairo following the Friday prayers. A video posted on the internet showed a woman blocking President Mursi’s car and trying to give him a complaint. Protesters in the background shouted “Leave, leave.” Security forces from the Republican
Egypt’s ruling Muslim Brotherhood blamed Shi’ites for creating religious strife throughout Islam’s history, as the movement joined a call by Sunni clerics for jihad against the Syrian government and its Shi’ite allies. In a striking display of the religious enmity sweeping the region since Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah committed its forces behind Syrian President
Egypt’s Sufi Muslims say their places of worship are under threat by rising radicalism, as shrines sacred to them are coming under attack by Islamist hard-liners who deem them heretical. Sufis follow a mystical philosophy of Islam that has traditionally been popular in Egypt, with some 15 million people in the country of 90
Tunisia has won $1.2 billion in funding from the Saudi-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB),aimed at backing industrial, agricultural and trade projects in the country whose finances have been weak since a revolution two years ago. The IDB funding line will include loans and grants, the Tunisian prime minister's office said in a statement on
As polls opened early Friday, arguments over whether to boycott the ballot still boiled over at coffee shops, kitchen tables and on social media among many liberal-leaning Iranians. The choice - once easy for many who turned their back in anger after years of crackdowns - has been suddenly complicated by an unexpected chance to
The White House said on Thursday that it will provide military assistance to the Syrian opposition after it has been concluded that the Assad’s regime used chemical weapons against his people and crossed what President Barack Obama had called a ‘red line.’ The Obama administration said it has provided Russia with the proof of
Iranians are heading to the polls Friday to choose their next president. Fifty million people are eligible to vote, and 66,000 polling stations have been set up across the country. The elections signal an end to the reign of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who will be stepping down after two terms in office. Under
