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U.S. Considers Military Action in Syria 27 Aug 2013 | 08:32 pm
Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Secretary of State John Kerry gave a statement yesterday deploring the reported chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta as “a moral obscen...
Egypt MB on Trial; Constitutional Amends. Released 26 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm
Photo Credit: The Independent Three leaders of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie, Khairat al-Shater, and Rashad Bayoumy stood trial Sunday for allegedly inciting the killing of protesters...
Libyan PM Announces National Dialogue Initiative 26 Aug 2013 | 11:13 pm
Photo Credit: Reuters/Ismail Zitouny On Sunday, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan announced a National Dialogue Initiative to address recent instability in the country. Explaining the new initiative, ...
Tunisia’s Ennahdha and Opposition Reach Govt Deal 26 Aug 2013 | 10:58 pm
Photo Credit: Foreign Policy Over the weekend, thousands of Tunisians protested in front of the National Assembly expressing dissatisfaction with the current government for it’s failures to stabilize...
Jordan PM Reshuffles Cabinet Ahead of Local Elections 24 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Photo Credit: REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed On Wednesday, Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour reshuffled his cabinet ahead of the municipal elections next week. He reportedly appointed two more women b...
TV Host Fired for Muslim Brotherhood Ties 23 Aug 2013 | 02:15 am
Photo Credit: Reuters/Neil Hall/Files Tareq al-Suwaidan, a famous Kuwaiti preacher, was terminated from his job as the director of a Saudi religious TV channel because of his links to the Muslim Brot...
Brotherhood Arrests Continue; U.S. Aid Debate Persists 23 Aug 2013 | 01:02 am
Photo Credit: CNN In the latest of a string of arrests of Muslim Brotherhood figures, Egyptian authorities detained spokesman Ahmed Arif. The arrest comes as ousted leader Hosni Mubarak was released ...
Trial Date Set for ElBaradei; EU Suspends Aid 21 Aug 2013 | 11:13 pm
Photo Credit: AFP A Cairo court has set a September trial date for Mohamed ElBaradei, who recently resigned as interim vice president for foreign affairs, on charges of “breaching national trust.” C...
Tunisia Opposition, Ruling Islamists Hold Talks 21 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am
Photo Credit: Reuters In a turn of events on Sunday, ruling Islamist movement Ennahda and the opposition Nidaa Tounes revealed they held secret talks in France in order to reconcile their political d...
Egypt: MB Leader Arrested; U.S. Military Aid in Question 20 Aug 2013 | 04:26 pm
Photo Credit: AFP Photo Egyptian State Television has announced that security personnel have detained Mohamed Badie, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood after he was arrested on early Tuesday. Badie...
