by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Jul 1, 2016 | Middle East
In a speech that he made yesterday to mark the third anniversary of the June 30 revolution that overthrew the Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said that the size of the challenge that Egypt faces is still significant, and that it must...
by Asma Al-Ghabiri | May 30, 2016 | Middle East
After much dithering, Iran has finally decided to deprive its citizens from performing the Hajj pilgrimage and continues to politicise the religious ritual. The Iranian Minister of Culture Ali Jannati announced that “After two rounds of negotiations during which a...
by Moed Fayad | May 28, 2016 | Middle East
Baghdad- London- In a sudden reboot of the demonstrations, protestors once again clustered at the Liberation Square, Baghdad. Demonstrators attempted to crossover into the Green Zone, breaking through concrete barriers. An eyewitness at the location said that over...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 26, 2016 | Middle East
Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of central Baghdad on Tuesday calling for a parliamentary vote on a cabinet reshuffle aimed at fighting corruption, amid divisions between lawmakers that have brought government to a standstill. Powerful...
by Adil Alsalmi | Jan 29, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Iranian and European opponents of Iranian policies yesterday chose to organise demonstrations in six western countries; Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Belgium and Canada in response to the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Paris yesterday at the beginning...
