The increased fighting in Yemen, between Houthi rebels and forces loyal to the exiled President AbdRabbu Mansour Hadi, has caused an acute shortage of supply at the major hospitals in several cities. The main hospital in the [ More … ]
At least 42 soldiers were allegedly killed in a Syrian air raid in Daraá, including three supposed Israeli officers, reported Fars News, an official Iranian news agency, on Saturday. According to the report, military sources [ More … ]
A week after reports of destruction by Islamic State militants in the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, fighters severely damaged the Temple of Baal there, one of the oldest and culturally significant in the [ More … ]
The Egyptian foreign ministry has summoned the British ambassador to object to his comments on a recent court ruling  to jail two al-Jazeera journalists, escalating the government’s defense of its crackdown on dissent. The two journalists, [ More … ]
Jan-Feb 2011 – After 30 years in power, Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak faces mass opposition in the form of nationwide demonstrations. Jan 30 2011 – Mohamed Morsi and several other Brotherhood figures escape from prison. [ More … ]
A militia group in one of Libya’s smuggling town has captured some of those alleged to be responsible for the drowning of up to 300 people off the Libyan coast Thursday. Three men were  seized [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities have summoned the British ambassador to Egypt to discuss what it said was an “unacceptable interference in the provisions of the Egyptian judiciaryâ€. Ambassador John Casson made comments relating to the conviction of [ More … ]
Haaretz An Israeli soldier tried to detain a minor during clashes in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on Friday, but a number of Palestinian women and children managed to stop him. According to [ More … ]
Theguardian The Australian journalist Peter Greste has called on Egypt’s President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to pardon him and his imprisoned colleagues after a shock court ruling on Saturday found them guilty of terrorism charges and [ More … ]
GAZA, Families of the four kidnapped students, who were abducted in Sinai while on their way to Cairo, staged a sit-in outside the Egyptian Embassy in Gaza Strip, calling for revealing their whereabouts. The abducted [ More … ]
Egypt has launched a new blog that is supposed to “communicate with the world†and to address “inaccurate†reports about the country in foreign media. The blog was launched this week under the name Egypt MFA [ More … ]
GAZA, Hamas has denied rumors on having removed the name of Ghassan Kanafani from one of Gaza’s schools, saying Kanafani is, and will forever remain, a key Palestinian icon. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said [ More … ]
The Israeli nature authority objected to the decision of the war ministry to resume construction of the separation barrier near Beit Jala, south of Occupied Jerusalem, after the Supreme Court had invalidated the building of [ More … ]
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