Tag: Middle East

Main opposition bloc calls for citizens to vote against draft constitution, rather than boycotting poll. Egypt's opposition has called for citizens to vote "no" in a referendum due this week ...

More than half a million people have now fled the conflict in Syria to neighbouring countries, according to the UN's refugee agency. The UNHCR says it has accounted for 509,559 refugees ...

Despite concrete barricades and a heavy military presence in the Egyptian capital Cairo, opposition leaders say they will keep up the pressure on the president to cancel Saturday's constitutional referendum. ...

Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Mashaal made his first visit to Gaza, kissing the ground and saying he hoped he would one day die a “martyr” in the Palestinian territory. After his ...

The United States warned Syria in no uncertain terms Monday not to use chemical weapons amid intelligence reports indicating President Bashar al-Assad's regime could be preparing to take that step as ...

Morsi, with his newly earned momentum, intervened in the tutelary powers of the judiciary in the aftermath of Gaza. “A disaster in the history of the Egyptian judiciary.” “Respect for ...

A world dominating centuries… A radical history witnessed many ages in its history… In the other hand, the wide range of humanity flown with history and spread to continents… Colorful ...

Thousands have taken to the streets of Alexandria, Egypt’s second city. It was a counter-protest in support of President, Mohammed Morsi, under fire over the recent decree extending his powers. ...

Egyptian protesters have vowed to continue defying President Mohammed Mursi's wide-ranging new powers. Tens of thousands of people demonstrated across the country on Tuesday, in one of the largest protests ...

Now that the dust has settled in Gaza, permit me a brief comment on the way the conflict was covered here in the United States.   I normally leave media commentary ...