Disturbing statistics have surfaced from Syria Sunday: over 75,000 foreign nationals have been fighting in the Syrian Civil War, according to a local website. The majority are from majority-Muslim countries or regions - where foreign nationals have been stirred to join by government forces, national-cultural ideologies, and religious fervor. According to the site, 14,000
Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi has said a cabinet reshuffle will include the defense ministry, an Egyptian newspaper said on Saturday, in the clearest sign yet that Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi plans to stand for president. Army chief Sisi, now defense minister in Egypt's interim government, deposed Islamist President Mohammad Mursi in July after
Hamas is involved in attempts to destabilize Egypt along with its parent, Muslim Brotherhood Many Egyptian newspapers have reported the activities of Hamas cells leading to the Cairo January 24 and Dakaleah December 23, 2013 bombings of police headquarters just one day before the three-year anniversary celebration of Egypt’s uprising against Hosni Mubarak in
Egypt’s military plans to protect January 25 street celebrations under threat of attack Egyptians brace for more Muslim Brotherhood attacks. These strikes are anticipated to occur during the scheduled January 25 pro-democracy celebrations on the three-year anniversary of the uprising of Egypt’s freedom fighters. Muslim Brotherhood documents show more attacks planned for Egypt
Egypt’s army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is preparing the electoral agenda he will present to the country when he announces his candidacy for the presidency, Al-Arabiya reported on Monday, citing the Egyptian newspaper Al-Watan. According to the report, Sisi is consulting with three prominent officials regarding his decision to run for the presidency.
Egypt has reportedly been talking to Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza in recent days, in an attempt to get them to stop attacking Israeli civilians with rockets. A senior Islamic Jihad source, quoted by Voice of Israel public radio, said Tuesday that his group, like Hamas, does not seek an escalation of the
Today and tomorrow millions of Egyptians will be heading to the polls. It is likely that the majority of registered voters turning out to vote in Egypt’s constitutional draft referendum have never even read the new draft much less compared it to previous ones or analyzed it in any real way. But the mood of
According to former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, Israel has already spent ten billion dollars on developing ways to either delay or completely neutralize the Iranian nuclear threat. Israel's military knows no bounds. When the very survival of the Land of Israel is at stake, Israel will not hesitate to surprise American policymakers
Just one week after the Orthodox Church celebrates Eastern Christmas on January 7, Coptic Egyptians will turn out at the polls to ratify or strike down Egypt’s new constitution draft. If voters approve it Egypt will have a constitution slightly more liberal than Morsi’s but stricter (more religious) than Mubarak’s. As bomb-sniffing dogs prepare the
Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood planned a series of bombings at Egyptian churches, according to a report in the Kuwaiti paper Al-Watan, according to Channel 10 news. According to the report, the attacks were to take place on Christmas. Terrorists in Sinai had succeeded in gathering explosives for the planned attack. Egyptian intelligence
