Egypt announced it has banned a Hollywood film based on the Biblical book of Exodus because of what censors described as "historical inaccuracies", reports the BBC. The head of the Egyptian censorship board said these “inaccuracies” included the film's depiction of Jews as having built the Pyramids, and that an earthquake, not a miracle
Isis has lost more ground to Kurdish fighters in the embattled city of Kobane in northern Syria, according to local reports. "Kurdish f orces now control more than 60 percent of the city," said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "ISIS has even left areas that the
The Iranian military, as part of its massive ongoing six-day military drill that began last Thursday, held tests on Saturday unveiling a new weapon in their arsenal: "suicide" drones. During the drill Iran's air force demonstrated the domestically produced exploding drone, meant to strike targets on land, air and sea. Commander of Iran's
Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on Saturday praised Turkey as a "source of power" for all Muslims in gratitude to Turkey's leaders for supporting the "Palestinian cause". "A democratic, stable and developed Turkey is a source of power for all Muslims," Meshaal said in an address to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) annual
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
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
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
