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April 21, 2015

Former Lebanese minister admits transporting explosives from Syria

Former Lebanese Information Minister Michel Samaha yesterday confessed that he had transported explosives and money from Syria to carry out a series of assassinations and attacks in Lebanon, AFP...

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April 21, 2015

Egypt’s Morsi sentenced to 20 years in jail over violence

Morsi, Egypt’s first freely elected president, was found guilty of inciting the murder of demonstrators outside Cairo’s Ittihadiya presidential palace in 2012. Tuesday’s verdict was the first against Morsi...

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April 20, 2015

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood launches new board abroad

Exiled members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood today issued the founding statement of a new board to conduct its activities. The statement which was signed by its director, Dr Ahmed...

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April 20, 2015

More than 500 Palestinian minors held in Israeli jails

Around 500-700 Palestinian children, some as young as 12, are held captive in Israeli prisons every year, many in violation of Article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Defence...

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April 20, 2015

ERC warns Egypt ‘politicised judiciary’ will have dire consequences

The Egyptian Revolutionary Council has warned the Egyptian authorities against the issuing of politicised and unjust sentences including that of Dr Mohamed Morsi who is expected to be sentenced...

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April 20, 2015

Mass exodus from Ramadi to northern Iraq

Residents of the central Iraqi city of Ramadi are continuing to flee their city, which is encircled from all four sides by Islamic State fighters (known as Daesh), heading...

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April 20, 2015

Israeli left-wing activist performs his military service in a settlement

The director general of the Peace Now movement, Yariv Oppenheimer, is reported to have accepted an army call to perform his military service in an Israeli settlement, despite claiming...

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April 20, 2015

Syrian opposition groups reject UN sexual crimes accusations

Syrian armed opposition groups have rejected accusations made against them by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of committing sexual violence in Syria during the period of Januar-December 2014, the...

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April 20, 2015

Algeria to cease cooperation with Azawad groups if they refuse to sign peace agreement

Algeria is reported to have threatened to halt cooperation with the Azawad political factions involved in negotiations with the Malian government if they refuse to sign a peace agreement...

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April 20, 2015

Abbas angry court’s dismal of charges against Dahlan

A prominent Palestinian official in Ramallah said that the Corruption Court’s decision to dismiss charges against Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member and exiled former top Fatah official Mohammed Dahlan...

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