Palestine
Egypt holds four-way talks on Gaza violence
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi announced that emergency talks are progressing toward a ceasefire in the recent escalation of violence in Gaza and southern Israel.
Tag: Egypt
Palestine
Israel launches new assault on Gaza
Israel’s armed forces launched multiple air-strikes across the Gaza Strip, after killing Ahmad al-Jaabari, the head of Hamas’ military wing the Qassam Brigades.
Greater Middle East
Egypt prosecutor orders probe of election fraud
Egypt's prosecutor ordered an investigation into claims of fraud during the recent presidential elections after charges were made by ex-candidate Ahmed Shafiq.
Greater Middle East
Egypt: independent unions under attack
Egypt’s new government has launched the most serious set of attacks on workers’ rights since the days of Mubarak, with several activists sacked or prosecuted for organizing.
Greater Middle East
Jihad against the phantom menace hits Sinai
The jihad against a non-existent “film” produced by non-existent “Jews” continues to claim lives, with the latest attack launched by militants in Egypt’s Sinai on Israeli border troops.
Afghanistan
From Afghanistan to Tunisia: back to GWOT?
Both imperialism and political Islam see in the current crisis the opportunity to revive the dystopian dialectic of jihad-versus-GWOT—and reverse the gains of the Arab Spring.
Greater Middle East
Will provocateur film derail Arab Spring?
In the wave of protest over a provocateur-produced "film" dissing the Prophet Mohammed, jihadists could be seizing back the initiative from secular revolutionaries in the Arab world.
North Africa
Oops, it actually was kind of ‘interesting’ in Libya and Egypt…
The eleventh 9-11 anniversary saw riots in Libya and Egypt over an Islamophobic film produced by an Israeli-American real-estate developer.
Greater Middle East
Egypt: president ends pre-trial detention of journalists
Egypt President Mohammed Morsi issued a new law that bans pre-trial detentions of journalists for speaking out against the government, overturning the Mubarak-era practice.
Palestine
Gaza: Hamas joins Egyptian crackdown on Salafists
Hamas security forces arrested a Salafi sheikh upon his release from a Gaza hospital where he was treated for wounds sustained in an Israeli targeted strike.
Greater Middle East
Egypt: court sentences 14 Islamists to death
A court in Egypt sentenced 14 Islamists members of the jihadist organization al-Tawhid wal-Jihad to death for their roles in a series of attacks in northern Sinai.
Palestine
Rafah attack: Muslim Brotherhood blames Mossad; IDF blames ‘global jihad’
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood blamed the deadly attack at the Rafah crossing on Israel’s Mossad, while the IDF said it was carried out by “global jihadists.”