Amman: Possible division in IAF over election ban on new members

The Islamic Action Front (MB offshoot in Jordan) is expected to hold party elections in two months despite ongoing differences over granting new members the right to cast ballots, officials

Abbas’ militias prevent WB rocket launch

Press sources revealed, that Militias loyal to former PA chief Mahmoud Abbas foiled an attempt to fire a locally made rocket from the West Bank at Israeli targets.

Jewish settlers cut down olive trees

Jewish armed settlers cut down 45 olive trees in the village of Burin, south of Nablus city on Tuesday, local sources reported. A group of settlers from the Yitzhar settlement

ElBaradei Meets Amr Moussa

The two men who have both indicated coyly they might run for Egypt's Presidency under certain circumstances, have met to discuss “the internal political issue” in Egypt as well as

Internet Activism: The Problem with ‘Techno-Utopianism’

Evgeny Morozov, a Yahoo! fellow at Georgetown University and contributing editor to Foreign Policy, penned a Wall Street Journal essay over the weekend challenging many commonly held conceptions about the

Forum Summary: Erdogan, Clinton, Kerry, and Ibrahim Address the 2010 U.S.-Islamic World Forum

With a video message from U.S. President Barack Obama and an address from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Saban Center at Brookings and the Government of Qatar hosted

Is Egypt Becoming a Family Republic?

Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak's is almost thirty years in office, the country is suffering from democratic deficits. Therefore, in order to initiate change, Europe must demand a relaxation of the

Nothing Has Changed in Iraq

Perhaps the only meaningful statement in the testimony of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in front of a committee investigating the war on Iraq, is the one that disclosed

Iran ’shows contempt’ for human rights by rejecting UN recommendations

Amnesty International today criticized Iran for rejecting important recommendations by the United Nations to improve human rights in the country.

Egypt: Calls for solidarity with Egyptian anti-torture blogger Wael Abbas

Egyptian activists and bloggers are gearing up for today’s showdown between the government and leading blogger Wael Abbas, who was sentenced last fall to 6 months in prison.