US pledges military aid to Syria rebels as battles rage

Obama's administration announced Thursday it had conducted a review of intelligence reports and concluded that Syrian regime forces had used banned arms, including sarin nerve gas

Daily News Egypt

Turkey premier agrees to halt contentious park project

PM Erdogan made the concession in his first talks with a group of protesters, a move they welcomed as "positive"

Daily News Egypt

Editor’s letter: Is Egypt on the verge of a civil war?

Since the launch of the Tamarod campaign about two months ago, the term “civil war” has been used frequently by both mainstream and social media, the political elite and various…

Maher Hamoud

Mubarak-era PM granted retrial

Court overturns jail sentence against former PM Ahmed Nazif, orders a retrial over charges of illicit gains

Daily News Egypt

Public prosecution investigates Alexandria clashes

The Muslim Brotherhood blames Tamarod for attacking party offices and a mosque, while Tamarod accuses Morsi supporters of attacking them

Basil El-Dabh

Iran reformists hopeful on eve of presidential vote

Cleric Hassan Rowhani has emerged as one of the frontrunners in the poll with a real chance of forcing a run-off against the conservatives

Daily News Egypt

Ethiopia ratifies New Nile Agreement opposed by Egypt

Ethiopian parliament ratified an accord that disputes Egypt’s share of rights to the Nile

Daily News Egypt

Turkey PM gives protesters ‘last warning’

A day after meeting with protest leaders and offering to hold a referendum on plans to redevelop Gezi Park, Erdogan resumed his combative stance

Daily News Egypt

Writer sentenced to five years in prison for insulting religion

Author Karam Saber intends to appeal the five year sentence handed down to him on Wednesday for insulting religion

Basil El-Dabh

Subcommittee hearing in DC: tolerance for NGO verdicts “next to nil”

Members of Congress and civil society heads call Egypt’s transition a “mess,” lobby Morsi for pardons for convicted NGO workers

Basil El-Dabh