Iraqi Human Rights Commission says those killed appeared to have died after being hit by tear gas canisters At least two demonstrators were killed in Baghdad on Friday morning as Iraq’s highest religious authority urged [ More … ]
Egypt has detained two prominent activists who played key roles in the 2011 revolution, activists and a rights group said, the latest in a wave of arrests in recent weeks. Blogger and journalist Esraa Abdel [ More … ]
It all started on Friday 20 September. Tens of hundreds of people took to the streets across Egypt calling for the removal of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Not a big deal for a population of 100 [ More … ]
Demonstrators flooded the streets of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Monday to mark the anniversary of the Nakba, or the dispersal of 700,000 Palestinians amid Israel’s establishment. The Palestinian government gave staff [ More … ]
Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud said that Tiran and Sanafir islands belong to Saudi Arabia and this is registered officially in the two Arab states as well as internationally. [ More … ]
Tunisia said Saturday it had replaced two senior officials in a southeastern region, days after protesters there booed the prime minister off stage following weeks of demonstrations. Tunisia has faced a wave of protests and [ More … ]
The Egyptian government approved the maritime border deal that transfers Tiran and Sanafir Islands to Saudi Arabia despite a legal dispute over the deal. According to an e-mailed statement, the government referred the agreement, which [ More … ]
– Dozens protest in Cairo to call on authorities to disclose fate of those who have disappeared since Egypt’s 2013 military coup Dozens of Egyptians staged a protest outside the parliament building in Cairo on [ More … ]
Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets of the country’s capital “Sana’a” on Saturday to support the so-called Supreme Political Council formed by the Houthi rebels and protest against a Saudi-led coalition’s interference, [ More … ]
The Hamas movement organized several demonstrations in the besieged Gaza Strip Saturday morning, rejecting Friday night’s attempted military coup in Turkey and expressing “joy” at its failure and congratulated Turkish people , while the Fatah-dominated [ More … ]
El Mundo, a Spanish daily newspaper, published a report on the “Barbaric Suppression” implemented by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi since he reached power. The report also pointed that the military man didn’t fulfill his promises regarding [ More … ]
Under Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s military regime, prominent political opposition as the Muslim Brotherhood and their grassroots activists are imprisoned, growing media is censored, and journalists and human rights activists are repressed. However, one of the [ More … ]
Has the dream about a democratic transition in Egypt become an illusion? Three years have passed since June 30, 2013, when General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi ousted President Mohamed Morsi, based on a public move that was looking [ More … ]
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