Israel strikes Lebanon after rocket attack
Israeli aircraft "targeted a terror site located between Beirut and Sidon in response to a barrage of four rockets launched at northern Israel yesterday"
What are the West’s military options in Syria?
Following reports of a large-scale chemical weapons strike, pressure is mounting on the US and its Western allies to act to halt the violence in Syria.
Obama faces distasteful choice in Egypt
The United States again faces the unpalatable policy dilemma that has shaped decades of relations with Egypt
Collective punishment and competing collateral
Blood and burned churches. These are the lasting images in Egypt over the past week. Out of context, each are abhorred and condemned by most. However, the unprecedented levels of…
Cabinet announces initiative to follow ‘democratic road map’
The cabinet commended the Interior Ministry for its recent arrests of “ a number of elements threatening national security”
Raping the Nile
By Ahmed M. El Ashram and Amgad Hegazy As the events in Egypt continue to weigh upon us, we are confronted by an increasingly disturbing impasse that has serious…
‘Next generation’ of Qaeda being born in Egypt: analysts
The repression of the Muslim Brotherhood and the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi could see a new generation of radicals joining the movement founded by Osama bin Lade
Fahmy slams EU for ‘late condemnation of terror’
Egypt refuses equivalence between security force procedures and terror: Fahmy
Anti Coup Alliance calls for mass protests on Friday
Group calls for boycott of "coup-supporting brands"
Mubarak leaves prison
Mubarak will be held under house arrest at a military hospital on the orders of the prime minister