Economy have collapsed as Egypt demolishes the smuggling tunnels along its sandy border. Ancient stone villages in the occupied West Bank have become trapped in rural poverty, while investors and donors shy away from a zone of seemingly endless conflict. The crackdown on the Gaza Strip and stagnation in the West Bank
The Hamas terrorist government in Gaza said Sunday that Egypt's closure of the tunnels that are used to smuggle goods into Gaza from Sinai is causing severe damage to Gaza's economy. The Hamas government's Economics Ministry said that severe damage has been caused to the industry, trade, agriculture, transport and construction sectors in Gaza.
Sixteen rebels have been hanged in Iran in retaliation for the deaths of at least 14 border guards in an ambush, the BBC reported on Saturday, citing Iranian news agencies. The rebels were "linked to groups hostile to the regime", the attorney general of Sistan-Baluchistan province was quoted as saying. They were hanged
Attacks in Iraq killed 10 people on Saturday, seven of them from the same family, security and medical officials told the AFP news agency. In the Dura area of southern Baghdad, gunmen armed with silenced weapons shot dead a father, mother, four sons and the wife of one of them at their home, the
An ex-Egyptian army officer carried out the suicide bombing last month that unsuccessfully targeted the country’s interior minister, a video posted online Saturday by al-Qaeda-inspired militants claims. Military officials reached by The Associated Press declined to comment on the video posted in the name of the Ansar Jerusalem militant group, which has carried out
At least seven police officers have been killed in Tunisia in clashes with Islamist terrorists, the BBC reported on Wednesday. Heavy gunfire was reported in the central region of Sidi Bouzid, with at least two terrorists reported killed. The violence came as thousands of anti-government protesters marched through the capital, Tunis, calling for
Iran could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to build a nuclear bomb in as little as a month, according to a new estimate by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), considered one of the United States’ top nuclear experts. ISIS made the estimate in a new report published on Thursday by USA Today.
Three people including 8-year old girl were killed when a gunman on motorcycle attacked a group of Coptic Christians outside the church in Cairo. People came under fire as they were leaving a wedding ceremony. Ashraf Ramelah, founder and president of the Voice of the Copts, commented on the violence against Christian Copts in
Boko Haram gunmen dressed in military uniform on Sunday killed 19 people near the Nigerian border with Cameroon in the restive northeast where the Islamists have carried out deadly attacks, residents and a survivor said. The motorcycle-riding gunmen armed with Kalashnikovs blocked the highway near the town of Logumani, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from
Egyptian police fired tear gas at Islamist students who pelted them with rocks during an anti-army protest in Cairo’s al-Azhar university on Sunday. The students, who are supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammad Mursi, climbed on the campus fence and waved the four-fingered “Rabaa hand” salute, which represents protests at a previous site
