Who Really Holds the Reins in Egypt?
Mohammed Morsi may be the president of Egypt, but it’s the Muslim Brotherhood that appears to be calling the shots. The Islamist group waited decades for a shot at power in the country and it isn’t...
Category: Africa
Muslim Brotherhood Metes Out Vigilante Justice
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood are resorting to vigilante justice in Egypt’s power struggle. During clashes with opponents of President Mohammed Morsi last Wednesday night, the Islamists took prisoners and tortured them with beatings....
Al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters: Mali PM forced to quit by army
(Reuters) – Mali’s prime minister was forced to resign on Tuesday by the soldiers who staged a coup in March, complicating international efforts to help push Islamists from the north of the country. Once...
‘PA grants Hamas permission to hold W. Bank rally’
Gesture comes amid renewed signs of reconciliation efforts, Fatah participation in Gaza Hamas celebrations. The Palestinian Authority on Monday granted Hamas permission to mount a 25th anniversary celebration in the West Bank in growing...
Mohamed Morsi gives Egypt’s army police powers ahead of referendum
President Mohamed Morsi has ordered Egypt’s army to take on police powers – including the right to arrest civilians – in the run-up to a divisive constitutional referendum that has triggered mass street protests....
How close did Israel just come to its own Cuban missile crisis?
HAIFA, Israel – Hundreds of Iranian-made, long-range missiles already smuggled into Gaza provided a secret sense of urgency behind Israel’s recent campaign against Hamas, and the the Jewish state acted with the Obama administration’s...
Hamas chief Meshaal makes historic Gaza visit
The political leader of the Palestinian movement Hamas has set foot in Gaza for the first time. Khaled Meshaal crossed into the strip from Egypt and was welcomed by members of various Palestinian factions. A large...
PAD warns of civil war
Declared Socialist Popular Alliance Party rejection and condemnation of the policy of fait accompli by force, which devotes its Muslim Brotherhood, warning of civil war. He called the party of all its members and...
Hamas to create first Palestinian Defense Ministry
Announcement comes in response to lessons drawn from Operation Pillar of Defense, Hamas interior minister says. Hamas is about to establish its own “Defense Ministry” in the Gaza Strip as part of lessons drawn...
Egypt crisis: Army clearing presidential palace area
The Egyptian army has begun clearing demonstrators and the media from outside Cairo’s presidential palace. It follows violent overnight clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi that left five people dead and...
