Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has scraped a decision to increase taxes and asked the Cabinet to open “social dialogue” on the matter, two days ahead of mass rallies against to pretest a draft constitution he put for vote on Dec. 15. On a Facebook post, Mursi announced putting on hold measures to raise sales
The regime of President Bashar al-Assad says Syrian rebels have gained control of a toxic chlorine factory east of Aleppo. The statement, quoted Sunday by Radio Free Europe's Radio Liberty, came less than a week after the Syrian foreign ministry claimed that Assad's troops would never use chemical weapons against his own people.
Islamic Jihad has placed Israel on warning it will break the ceasefire on missile attacks if its leader is banned from entering Gaza. Israel has been spared rocket and missile attacks since the Egyptian-mediated ceasefire took effect on November 21 after the IDF’s Pillar of Defense campaign and the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system
Tens of thousands of Kuwaiti protesters have remained peaceful in the capital as they demonstrate against the country's government. The parliament was elected last week in rules the opposition deemed unfair. An emergency decree in October reduced the number of votes per citizen to one, from four. As a result, the opposition decided to
For a brief moment on Friday night, Egyptians got some respite from the ongoing political crisis tearing the country apart. The comic relief came courtesy of Bassem Youssef’s satirical news show “Al Bernameg“ (The Program) which has just decamped from one ‘secular’ privately owned Egyptian TV channel to another. There’s been little room for
A unique group of Egyptian Islamists have come out to speak against President Mohammed Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood, urging them not to mix religion with politics. The group members who chose to name themselves after widely-known coffee chain, Costa, have emerged on the political scene to express opinions contradicting those belonging to mainstream
Egyptian F-16 fighter jets made low passes over the center of Cairo on Sunday in a rare maneuver by the air force over the capital amid high political tension, AFP news agency reported. At the end of October, jets made similar passes as part of a surprise military exercise. On Saturday, the army
Mahmoud Abbas’ embrace of the Hamas terrorist organization and his diplomatic talents of convincing the UN to applaud his violations of the Oslo Accord may already have spawned a new round of violence in Judea and Samaria, as predicted by Arutz Sheva for more than a year and as recently as last week. A
Student protests reached the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on Sunday after four students were found dead following a protest in college, reported Al Arabiya’s correspondent. A day before, Sudanese authorities had shut down a university after four students, originally from the conflict-plagued Darfur region, were found dead following an alleged crackdown on a tuition
Italian police on Saturday seized a shipment of weapons intended for Egypt with a final destination of Gaza, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. The report said that the weapons were hidden in a cargo shipment and were found in the port of Naples. Local police confirmed the report. The weapons, which included
