Israel-Turkey axis turned on its head

For many observers, the long-term implications of Israel's deadly May 31 assault against the MV Mavi Marmara, the Turkish flagship that was part of the Gaza Freedom flotilla, on Israeli-Turkish

To Ban or Not To Ban the Burqa

The proposed bill makes a big fuss of what is a small, even a negligible, phenomenon. What’s needed are jobs, housing, infrastructure, and especially education in deprived areas of France,

The impresario: Gilles Kepel, scholar of radical Islam

After a series of books established him as a world-famous analyst of radical Islam, Gilles Kepel decided to stop writing and start mapping a renaissance in Gulf-Europe relations. John Gravois

The False Promise of ‘Direct Talks’

We should start pondering the consequences that there will be no resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict during this generation, says Rami G. Khouri.

IOA planning to demolish 40 houses in Jordan Valley

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) handed ten new demolition notices to citizens in Bardala village in the northern Jordan Valley on Sunday bringing the total number of similar notices to 40

Death in Police Encounter Stirs Calls for Change in Egypt

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — The two undercover police officers seemed unfazed by the bystanders, who watched as the officers beat a 28-year-old man in the lobby of a building here last

Bibi Caught Speaking The Truth: ‘America Is A Thing You Can Move Very Easily’

Bibi:…The Arabs are currently focusing on a war of terror and they think it will break us. The main thing, first of all, is to hit them. Not just one

Weekend march calls on Turks and Kurds to end violence

Turkish and Kurdish activists carried banners calling for all round peace as they marched in central Istanbul over the weekend

Morsy commends MB chairman’s call for dialogue with political parties and opposition leaders

Muslim Brotherhood spokesman and executive bureau member, Dr. Mohamed Morsy, commended MB chairman's call, Dr. Mohamed Badie, for constructive dialogue with political parties and opposition leaders in Egypt

MB petition counts 81, 000 signatures so far

The Muslim Brotherhood's online petition has seen the number of signatures rise to over 81,000 by supporters of the largest political opposition group and readers on the official Web site