Egypt, which has blacklisted the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, on Monday urged other members of the Arab League to follow suit. AFP reported that Egypt called on Arab League members to enforce a counterterrorism treaty that would block funding and support for the Muslim Brotherhood. Cairo also wants the League’s members
Jabhat Al Nusra, an Islamist group affiliated with Al Qaeda, maintains an infrastructure of governance as one of the central opposition forces. Aside from managing religious courts based on Islamic sharia law, the group has opened new schooling programs emphasizing Islam and jihad. In the southern Syrian town of Daraa, a school established by
An attack on a military post in Yemen's Lahj province left 10 dead Monday, in the latest in a series of skirmishes in the Arab country. Southern secessionist gunmen approached the military post on trucks with machine guns, according to the Business Standard, and opened fire. A military official confirmed that the attack took
Egyptian authorities arrested three Al-Jazeera journalists Sunday, alleging that they had met with the Muslim Brotherhood, according to BBC News. The three journalists form part of the new network's English-language staff, and have been identified as Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, the director of the network's TV station in Cairo; Peter Greste, an Australian and former
Anti-Hezbollah slogans were chanted on Sunday as a former Lebanese minister killed in a car bomb explosion was laid to rest, Reuters reports. Mohammed Shatah, a former minister and an adviser to Future Movement leader Saad Hariri, was assassinated in a car bomb explosion in downtown Beirut on Friday morning. Five other people were
Egypt's interim president, Adly Mansour, said on Sunday that the government is committed to holding parliamentary and presidential elections within six months of approval of the new constitution, to be voted on next month, reports Reuters. The timetable means that Egypt would have an elected government by next summer to replace the interim government
Chief Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiator in the peace talks, Saeb Erekat, threatened Israel on Thursday, saying that if it announces new construction in Judea and Samaria next week, the PA will take Israel to the International Criminal Court in the Hague for "war crimes." Erekat further warned that the PA will seek membership in
Washington believes that Egypt’s latest crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood is a bit too much but won’t take action against the interim government in Cairo, a United States official said Thursday. The official, who was quoted by the Reuters news agency, said the administration believed the Egyptian government was going "way too far" in
Iran is developing a “new generation” of centrifuges, the head of its Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi, said Thursday. According to Press TV, the Iranian nuclear chief said there are currently 19,000 centrifuges in the country. He added that “a new generation of centrifuges is being built, but they should
It’s Christmas in Baghdad, and once again Iraq’s Christians are celebrating behind blast walls and barbed wire. At least 34 people died in bomb attacks in Christian areas on Wednesday, some by a car bomb near a church after a Christmas service. A church attack in 2010 killed dozens. As prayers are offered
