Syria's Muslim Brotherhood chapter has slammed the United States State Department for adding the Al-Nusra group to its list of outlawed terrorist organizations. An official in the Brotherhood said Tuesday the U.S. had made a “very wrong” decision by designating the Al-Nusra Front rebel group as a terrorist organization. The radical Islamist Syrian
Turkish President Abdullah Gül said that Israel was “playing with fire” with its plans to build in Jerusalem and the E1 area. “Israel's actions will just hurt her in the mid- and long-term, its isolation will grow, and its allies will be placed in a difficult position,” Gül was quoted by Turkish media as saying.
A controversial referendum on a new constitution in Egypt due to start Saturday looks set to further split the country, AFP reported, after the opposition called for a 'no' vote and imposed conditions that could yet result in its boycott. Egypt's army called off a national "unity" meeting between President Mohammed Morsi and opposition
U.S. President Barack Obama proclaimed Syria's newly reframed opposition as the "legitimate" representative of the nation's people on Tuesday, AFP reported, in the most significant U.S. intervention in a brutal civil war. As Washington cranked up pressure on beleaguered President Bashar al-Assad, the Obama administration also blacklisted the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front, which officials fear
The damaging video of Israel soldiers fleeing from rock-throwing terrorists may have a happy ending as the IDF reviews limitations on soldiers, several of whom also charged that officers' fear of media photos, certainly not fear of the rock-throwers, forced them to retreat. The video of the soldiers in retreat last Friday may have
Spanish police have found 28 million euros ($36.5 million) in assets owned by ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and people close to him, including Marbella beach properties and luxury cars, the government said on Thursday. Egypt had asked Spain to track down assets in the country belonging to the former president and more than
An Egyptian Copt arrested on suspicion of posting online an anti-Islam film that ignited Muslim protests around the world was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison, a court source said Computer science graduate Alber Saber, 27, was arrested at his Cairo home on Sept. 13 after neighbours accused him of uploading sections
Egyptian expats will take part in a controversial constitutional referendum on Wednesday at 150 Egyptian embassies and 11 consulates around the world. Analysts are expecting the vote to show many Egyptians not in favor of the referendum on a constitution drafted by an Islamist-dominated assembly and bitterly opposed by his mainly secular opponents.
Egypt announced early on Wednesday that the upcoming constitutional referendum will be held in two stages, Dec. 15 and Dec. 22 due to a shortage of judges needed to oversee the process, Al Arabiya TV reported. The decision came hours after the country’s Judges Club decided to boycott the process, refusing to oversee the
The delay of Egypt’s long awaited IMF financing package is a serious blow to the country’s post-revolution transition and will add further uncertainty to an economy on the brink, experts have warned. The on-going political crisis is seen as the main reason behind the government’s request to delay the loan. Egypt’s economic prospects
