Month: July 2012

Mubarak and other ‘ill and elderly’ prisoners may be released early

Media see it as a harbinger of an early release for the…

Hend Kortam

Fights erupt at Cabinet Building protest trial

Fights erupted on Sunday after a court postponed the trial of the…

Hend Kortam

Hamas and Morsy to open Rafah

Over a weekend of meetings the Egyptian President and Hamas Prime Minister…

Basil El-Dabh

Sanitation, cabinet and transparency

Egyptian commentators continued to explore the national hygiene campaign initiated by President…

Daily News Egypt

Syrian Foreign minister visits Iran

The troubled government turns to a loyal ally

Rana Muhammad Taha

Bahrain interior minister orders investigation into violations

Sheikh Rashed Ibn Abdullah Al-Khalifa has ordered an investigation into violations of…

Rana Muhammad Taha

Kidnapped paramedic: “It was general intelligence who abducted me”

Anas Al-Assal recalls his kidnapping, questioning, beating, drugging and sudden release

Rana Muhammad Taha

Syrian refugees making a deadly crossing to Jordan

Jordan is making preparations for an historic refugee exodus

Hend Kortam

Spanish foreign minister: Mali a ‘platform for terrorism’

A dozen aid workers are evacuated from the border of Algeria in…

Rana Muhammad Taha

US, Israel in war of words with Iran

Rumours of a contingency plan for war are being circulated

Luiz Sanchez