Month: August 2012

Bahrain violations being reviewed by US Congress committee

Amid US Congress hearings on Bahrain, protesters face more violence despite an…

Hend Kortam

Syrian opposition uses government tanks against Al-Assad forces

After claiming to have overun three police stations in Aleppo this week,…

Rana Muhammad Taha

El Hangar Theatre issues apology to group cancelled for political content

The apology was prompted by the controversial cancelling of the performance scheduled…

Ahmed Khalifa

Israel: time for sanctions on Iran is over

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected pursuing further sanctions during the visit of…

Ahmed Khalifa

Coming at you in ‘stereo,’ the great, late, qat debate

There I was, in an official government building, about to send my…

Moustafa Ayad

Hopes fade for an inclusive government

Many Egyptians now doubt the new cabinet will match expectations for a…

Shahira Amin

Yemeni policemen loyal to Saleh storm Interior Ministry

The attack ignited clashes between police and Yemeni security forces that left…

Basil El-Dabh

UN reports violations of humanitarian law in Aleppo

Observers caution both sides to abide by international humanitarian law

Luiz Sanchez

Israeli military exemption of Orthodox Jews expires

A law exempting Orthodox Jewish Israeli men from military service expired Wednesday

Basil El-Dabh

UN deadline in Sudan set to end without progress

  As the United Nations' deadline for peace talks between Sudan and…

Luiz Sanchez