MENA News Iran expels second-ranking Bahraini diplomat in Tehran aya salah Oct 3, 2015 0 Iran's Foreign Ministry has declared Bahrain's second-ranking diplomat in Tehran persona non grata and given him…
MENA News Assad allies, including Iranians, brace for ground attack in Syria: sources Yomna Yasser Oct 1, 2015 0 Hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria in the last 10 days and will soon join government forces and their…
Egypt News The Syrian entrepreneurs starting new lives in Egypt aya salah Oct 1, 2015 0 There are nearly half a million Syrian refugees living in Egypt but they aren't confined to camps. And thanks to…
Blogging Why Russia has started bombing Syria now – and what it hopes to achieve aya salah Oct 1, 2015 0 Russian military jets have carried out air strikes in Syria for the first time, targeting what Moscow said were…
MENA News Russian church: The fight in Syria is a ‘holy war’ aya salah Oct 1, 2015 0 Russia’s powerful Orthodox Church on Wednesday voiced support for Moscow’s decision to carry out air strikes in…
MENA News Russia starts Syria air strikes in its biggest Mideast intervention in decades aya salah Oct 1, 2015 0 Russia launched air strikes in Syria Wednesday in its biggest Middle East intervention in decades, plunging the…
Industry & Trade Egypt seeks oil outside its borders for first time Yomna Yasser Oct 1, 2015 0 Egypt bought a stake in a block in Iraq from Kuwait Energy making it the first time in Egypt's history to explore…
MENA News As insults fly, Iran-Saudi haj row aggravates regional rifts aya salah Sep 29, 2015 0 For regional adversaries at loggerheads over the crises in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the disaster at the haj is…
Egypt News Sisi to CNN: Egypt enjoys unprecedented freedom of expression Yomna Yasser Sep 29, 2015 0 Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Monday Egypt enjoys unprecedented freedom of expression and that no one…
Egypt News Egypt calls for proactive UN strategy against extremism Yomna Yasser Sep 29, 2015 0 Denouncing Islamic extremists for negating a religion that stands for tolerance, justice and mercy, Egyptian…