Copts in Egypt call for the Holy Synod secretary to be referred to a church

Statements made by Bishoy secretary of the Holy Committee that the Bible obliges the citizens to support President Hosni Mubarak in any future election have been met with criticism by

A History of Western Involvement in the Middle East in One Lesson

"The Middle East" is a largely western invention, from its leaders to its forms of government to its national boundaries, and even in some degree to its cultures.

Retrial for Egypt business tycoon set for April 26

The retrial for Hisham Talaat Mustafa, the Egyptian business tycoon already found guilty for his involvement in the murder of Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim and sentenced to death, will

Israeli military deportation order met with Palestinian outrage

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has issued a new military order that would go into effect this week allowing it to deport thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank, a

IOF troops round 10 Palestinians, IOA cuts water supplies to Palestinian village

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up ten Palestinian citizens in the West Bank at dawn Monday during raids that witnessed storming of their homes.

Israel officially asks for new crossing with Jordan

Israel has officially asked Jordan to open a new crossing between them to be allocated for movement of Jordanian farmers into Israeli farms along the borders, Jordanian newspaper reported on

Hamas: Israel’s decision to expel West Bankers is a new Nakba

The Movement of Hamas on Sunday expressed its deep concern over the Israeli military decision to expel thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank, describing it as a new Nakba

Haneyya gov’t: HRW report not true

Justice and prisoners minister Mohammed Al-Ghoul has described the Human Right Watch's report accusing the government of Ismail Haneyya of not reporting on violations during the Israeli war on Gaza

Arab League: IOA earmarked $15b to convert Jerusalemites into minority

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has earmarked 15 billion dollars to convert the Palestinian Jerusalemites into a minority in their own city, the Arab League Palestine and occupied lands sector

Can Obama erase ‘Bush nostalgia’ in the Middle East?

Obama has reverted to Clinton-era policies in the Middle East. But Arab reformers are nostalgic for something more like Bush’s “freedom agenda,” which helped usher in a promising moment for