Cypriot authorities appear to have foiled an attempt to carry put a terror attack against Israelis, according to the newspaper Alithia, as quoted by Voice of Israel public radio Thursday. The paper reported that security forces in Cyprus have foiled a plot by terrorists to strike Israeli targets – most likely ships carrying tourists.
The political party of Egypt’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood elected a former speaker of parliament as its new leader Friday to replace Mohammed Mursi, who resigned from the post after winning the country's presidential election. Saad al-Katatny, who led Egypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament until it was dissolved by a court order earlier this year, garnered 581
Egypt will open a trial on December 2 of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak’s last premier Ahmed Shafiq who is wanted for alleged corruption, state media reported Friday. Shafiq, who narrowly lost a June presidential election to Islamist Mohammed Mursi, is accused of corruption when he headed various aviation state agencies. Shafiq, who left
A top security official linked to the anti-Damascus camp in Lebanon was among those killed in a powerful car bomb in Beirut on Friday, officials told AFP. The rush-hour bombing in the predominantly Christian district of Ashrafieh killed at least two other people and wounded 96, Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil told reporters at
A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and wounded another 78 on Friday in mainly Christian east Beirut, in the first such attack in Lebanon's capital since 2008, the National News Agency reported. The agency, citing civil defence figures, said the blast was only 200 metres from the headquarters of the Christian
Egypt's Interior Ministry has raised the alert level for its security forces in southern Sinai due to a warning over possible jihadist operations in the area. The ministry warned local police stations and security personnel Tuesday to be alert to potential attacks on tourists in the area by terrorists from the Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned on Tuesday that Israel would not hesitate to launch a military operation in Syria if it feels that there is a threat that the country’s stockpile of chemical weapons will end up in the hands of terrorist organizations such as Hizbullah. “Israel will consider a military operation if it
Egyptian presidential adviser Mohammed Ismat Seif Al-Dawla has called to urgently change the peace treaty signed in 1979 with Israel. Al-Dawla, an aide to President Mohammed Morsi, issued the call during a speech he delivered Monday at a conference on “Camp David and its Impact on Egypt's National Security.” The presidential adviser said that
Qatar on Tuesday launched a $254 million plan to rebuild and modernize Gaza, the biggest injection of reconstruction aid for the Palestinian enclave since it was devastated in an Israeli military offensive nearly four years ago. Projects announced at a news conference by Qatari ambassador Mohammed al-Amadi will require the cooperation of Israel and
A firebomb was thrown on Tuesday evening towards a bus carrying IDF soldiers near the community of Ofra in Binyamin. No one was injured and no damage was caused to the bus. IDF troops began searching the area to locate the perpetrators of the attack. Earlier Tuesday afternoon, Palestinian Authority Arabs pelted an Israeli
