Year: 2012

Qandil cabinet presents final list of nominees to be sworn in

Egypt’s Prime Minister Hesham Qandil announced the full list of cabinet members…

Luiz Sanchez

Jordanian and Syrian troops exchange fire at border

Refugees continue streaming into Jordan amid cross border gunfire between Jordanian and…

Connor Molloy

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