Egyptian prison authorities have executed another six people in Alexandria, bringing the total number over the past 10 days to 22 people On June 30, prison authorities executed another six people at Borg el-Arab Prison in Alexandria, [ More … ]
The Tunisian Ennahda Movement’s Vice President Abdelfattah Mourou has announced that he will retire “definitively” from political work and return to his former career as a lawyer. In statements to Tunisian media, Mourou disclosed that [ More … ]
Ahmet Davutoglu quits after the party decided to send him to the disciplinary board, says will set up a new political movement. Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has announced his resignation from Turkey’s ruling [ More … ]
Tunisians head to the polls on September 15 to elect a new president in the second such vote since the 2011 revolution. When President Beji Caid Essebsi died in late July, three months before his [ More … ]
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has criticized an Egyptian judoka, Mohamed Abdelaal, for refusing to shake the hand of his Israeli opponent, Sagi Muki, who defeated the Egyptian in the semifinals of the World Judo Championships. [ More … ]
The Egyptian government’s widespread violence toward the Muslim Brotherhood and other opposition parties is strengthening them. Deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi fainted and died during an appearance in a Cairo court last month, part of [ More … ]
The country had already lost its way in the 20th century, and there are powerful signs that it could share the same fate in this century “Egypt will embrace its fifth president since 1953. That [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* As of April 17, 2017, Turkey did not only switch to a new system of administration. The constitutional amendment package approved through the April 16 referendum is also leading to direct and indirect [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* The decision made by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in relation to Turkey was, to put it as lightly as possible, biased and political. PACE, which Turkey is among [ More … ]
The Euphrates Shield ‘reached its natural limits’, but Turkey is not ready to leave Syria, according to analysts. On March 29, Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim announced the successful completion of the “Euphrates Shield” military [ More … ]
A judicial source unveiled that the Supreme Judicial Council, headed by counselor Ahmed Gamal al-Deen, has taken important decisions this week that included the referral of 46 judges to the judicial inspection department at the [ More … ]
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