Iraq's bloody path to a sectarian war continues, as Iraqi police found the bodies of 18 men who were kidnapped from their homes and killed execution-style, NDTV reports Friday. The corpses were found grouped together and shot in the head in Meshahda, a predominantly Sunni Muslim area, around 32 km (20 miles) north of
Nabil Shaath, one of the senior officials in the terrorist organization Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), has declared in a Maariv interview Friday that the PA will remain in talks until all of their terrorist "prisoners" are released - despite admitting that talks have tanked. "We have committed to negotiations for a period of 9
Eleven car bombs wrought havoc throughout Iraq on Thursday, leaving at least 31 dead and raising fears of an all-out sectarian war between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims. Iraq has suffered ongoing attacks, as just last week a truck bomb killed at least 48 at a fruit and vegetable market in Baghdad. Earlier this month
In the latest atrocity of the Syrian civil war, Reuters reports that Al-Qaeda-linked rebels have executed the commander of a rival rebel faction and six of his men. An amateur video of the public execution was posted online, the news agency reported. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a jihadist
A 50-member panel drafting Egypt’s new constitution began on Saturday voting on the new charter seen by some as strengthening the army’s position in the country’s future political life. The panel approved the charter’s preamble and the a number of introductory Articles, including Article 2 which states that the principles of Islamic Sharia are
Iran will not dismantle its nuclear facilities as demanded by its arch-foe Israel and some U.S. conservative lawmakers, President Hassan Rowhani told the Financial Times in an interview published on Friday. World powers reached a deal with Iran last week to curb its nuclear program in exchange for limited relief of sanctions stifling its
The al-Jadeed newspaper is owned by London-based Fadaat Media Limited Company, although sources confirmed that the new publication will be financed by Qatar. Fadaat Media Limited said that the publication is part of an integrated media project which hopes to enhance the Arabic media sector. The company announced in a statement that Egyptian
A police station was set on fire in Cairo and more than 180 protesters arrested when heavy clashes erupted between supporters of ousted President Mohammad Mursi and security forces, the interior ministry said. Mursi's supporters, who took to the streets after Friday prayers, defied a new protest law banning protests without a prior police
More than 50 people were killed in mass executions across Iraq on Friday, security and medical officials said. Violence struck in and around Baghdad and mostly Sunni Arab parts of the country, including in Diyala, Nineveh, and Salaheddin provinces, as well as in the city of Kirkuk, Agence France-Presse reported. The recent surge
Egyptian police arrested on Thursday a leading political activist who was active in the 2011 uprising against former President Hosni Mubarak, Al-Ahram reports. The activist, Alaa Abdel-Fattah, was arrested after the prosecutor ordered he be detained for inciting protests. Abdel-Fattah's wife, Manal Hassan, tweeted that policemen beat and insulted her while arresting her
