Coordinated blasts killed at least 25 people in the heart of Baghdad on Thursday near the heavily fortified Green Zone, where several Western embassies are located, police and medics said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the explosions, but Sunni Muslim insurgents have been redoubling their efforts to undermine Iraq's Shiite-led government and foment inter-communal
IDF Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi had sobering news for policy makers at the Herzliya Conference, predicting chemical warfare and a post-Assad Iranian-Hizbullah military force. Kochavi told the audience at Thursday’s annual convention the Lebanon-based terrorist organization has teamed up with Iran to form a full-scale army, knowing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s days
The highest-level inquiry into the deaths of nearly 900 protesters in Egypt’s uprising has concluded that police were behind nearly all the killings and used snipers on rooftops overlooking Cairo’s Tahrir Square to shoot into the huge crowds. The report, parts of which were obtained by The Associated Press, is the most authoritative and
Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood called on Wednesday for a week of action both in the strife-torn country and elsewhere to mark the two years since the revolt broke out against President Bashar al-Assad. “We in the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria declare the week following March 15 a national week of solidarity with the Syrian people
Seven Palestinian Authority Arabs have been arrested by Egypt security forces on suspicion of carrying out a military reconnaissance mission. It is not clear for whom they may have been spying. The men were stopped at Cairo airport, and held after their arrival Wednesday from Syria and Iran. All were found to be
Strategic stocks of wheat held by top global importer Egypt stand at 2.207 million tons from international and local markets, enough to last 89 days, a cabinet report said on Wednesday. That compares with stocks of 2.292 million tons, or 95days cover, reported on February 27. Egypt’s wheat imports are sharply down this
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted two years ago as part of the so-called Arab Spring protests, has made a surprise call to Egyptians to rally around his Islamist successor and end violent protests. Mubarak’s lawyer, Farid a-Deeb, told AFP on Monday that his client had told him that President Mohammed Morsi,
Syria warned Tuesday that it is ready to fight "for years" against rebels, as world powers worked on a new initiative to find regime officials suitable for peace talks with the opposition, AFP reports. The pro-government newspaper Al-Watan said the army was "in perfect condition" and that it "has at its disposal enough men
Egyptian security services have banned a film about the Jews of Egypt on the eve of its scheduled release, the film's director told AFP on Tuesday. "The film was banned by National Security," Amr Ramses told the news agency by telephone from New York. The film, which documents the lives of members of
Three terrorists who were suspected of planning an attack around the anniversary of last year’s terrorist attacks in Toulouse were arrested in southern France last week, it was reported Monday. French prosecutors said that police found weapons and explosives in one suspect’s home in a town near Marseille. Police also intercepted communications between the
