Kenny and European leaders in Cyprus for EPP solidarity summitEuropean Commission president José Manuel Barroso, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and five other heads of government and officials yesterday…Sat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
Rebels swap 48 Iranians for 2,130 SyriansSyrian rebels yesterday freed 48 Iranians seized last August in exchange for the release of 2,130 prisoners.Thu Jan 10 2013 - 00:00
Syrian civil war intensifies privation for allAs fighting flared around Damascus, Syrians inside and outside the country faced increasing suffering and privation due to the…Wed Jan 09 2013 - 00:00
Russia and US to set stage for new Syria effortUnited Nations diplomats speculate that a new attempt to secure a political solution to the Syrian conflict could be launched…Sat Jan 05 2013 - 00:00
Shia leader Sadr backs Sunni protests in IraqRadical Shia leader Moqtada al-Sadr has blamed prime minister Nuri al-Maliki for growing unrest in Iraq and expressed support…Thu Jan 03 2013 - 00:00
Only witness to alleged army killing shot in CairoEgyptian police say they have arrested a suspect and identified his accomplices in a shooting in Cairo’s Tahrir Square that left…Wed Jan 02 2013 - 00:00
Investigation into Egypt's opposition leaders abandonedAn investigation into Egypt’s leading secular opposition leaders was dropped yesterday to encourage them to take part in a national…Mon Dec 31 2012 - 00:00
Arab Spring turns to winter of discontent as liberal interests defiedSprigs of democracy planted during the early 2011 Arab Spring have shrivelled and the Arabs are facing a bleak winter of popular…Sat Dec 29 2012 - 00:00
Patience wearing thin among Iraq's SunnisANALYSIS: Nuri al-Maliki’s Shia government has failed to placate the country’s minoritySat Dec 29 2012 - 00:00
President to address Egyptian parliamentEgyptian president Mohamed Morsi is set to address a session of the upper house of parliament today as he faces rising criticism…Sat Dec 29 2012 - 00:00
UN envoy calls for return to Geneva plan including interim government in SyriaUN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi yesterday called for revival of a six-month-old peace plan involving the formation of a …Fri Dec 28 2012 - 00:00
Morsi heads off opposition on constitutionEgypt’s prosecutor general yesterday ordered an investigation into accusations against the three leaders of the main opposition…Fri Dec 28 2012 - 00:00
President hails new Egyptian constitutionEgyptian president Mohamed Morsi has said Egypt is experiencing a “new dawn” following the adoption of the post-uprising constitution…Thu Dec 27 2012 - 00:00
Egypt claims constitution approved by votersEgypt’s ruling Muslim Brotherhood yesterday declared that the first post-uprising constitution has been adopted by a 64 per cent…Mon Dec 24 2012 - 00:00
Thousands of Egyptians protest over constitutionThousands of Egyptians rallied yesterday at the presidential palace and Cairo’s Tahrir Square against the bitterly contested …Wed Dec 19 2012 - 00:00
Egyptian activists take to streets ahead of pollSecular Egyptians are set to return to the streets across the country today in a bid to convince voters to say No in the second…Tue Dec 18 2012 - 00:00
Poor districts irked by Brotherhood's controversial constitution vote NoEgyptians flocked to the polls on Saturday to vote in the first phase of a referendum on a constitution most had not read and…Mon Dec 17 2012 - 00:00
Islamists declare first-round victoryThe Muslim Brotherhood yesterday declared that Egypt’s contested constitution had secured the backing of a majority of voters…Mon Dec 17 2012 - 00:00
Egyptians clash on eve of referendum on constitution reflecting Sharia lawOn the eve of Egypt’s constitutional referendum, clashes erupted outside the Qaed Ibrahim mosque in the Egyptian port of Alexandria…Sat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
Opposition urges No vote in Egyptian pollThe main Egyptian opposition coalition yesterday urged followers to vote against the disputed draft constitution in Saturday’…Thu Dec 13 2012 - 00:00
Tanks point at protesters in front of Cairo's palaceAll streets leading to Egypt’s presidential palace are blocked with metal and cement block walls and rolls of rusting razor wire…Wed Dec 12 2012 - 00:00
Factions hold rallies across EgyptTens of thousands of supporters and opponents of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi yesterday took part in duelling demonstrations…Wed Dec 12 2012 - 00:00
Morsi vests power of detention in militaryFearing a renewal of clashes that killed eight and injured 700 people last week, Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, as armed forces…Tue Dec 11 2012 - 00:00
Opposition in Egypt opposes referendumEgypt’s secular opposition the National Salvation Front yesterday declared that holding a constitutional referendum during the…Mon Dec 10 2012 - 00:00
Anti-Morsi rally delivers 'final ultimatum'Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across Egypt yesterday demanding that President Mohamed Morsi reverse his…Sat Dec 08 2012 - 00:00
Morsi offers no concessions to the oppositionEgyptian president Mohamed Morsi yesterday offered no concessions to the opposition over his decree granting himself extraordinary…Fri Dec 07 2012 - 00:00
Fatal clashes between Morsi supporters and opposition demonstrators in CairoSporadic clashes erupted yesterday outside Egypt’s presidential palace between supporters and opponents of president Mohamed …Thu Dec 06 2012 - 00:00
Activists march to Morsi's palace over extra powers and redrawn constitutionMore than 10,000 flag-waving opposition activists yesterday marched toward Egypt’s presidential palace to protest at President…Wed Dec 05 2012 - 00:00
Turkey and Russia at loggerheads over Syrian crisis as rebel forces grow strongerANALYSIS: Syrian warplanes yesterday bombed a rebel-held security building near the Turkish border, wounding 11, as Russian …Tue Dec 04 2012 - 00:00
Egypt's supreme court goes on strikeThe polarisation between Egyptian secularists and Muslim fundamentalists deepened yesterday when the supreme court went on strike…Mon Dec 03 2012 - 00:00
Ongoing stalemate could shift conflict to criminal courtANALYSIS: The UN General Assembly vote to recognise Palestine as a non-member state within the boundaries of 1967 was the fruit…Sat Dec 01 2012 - 00:00
Egyptian assembly adopts final draft of new constitutionAs clashes continued in the streets of Cairo yesterday, Egypt’s constituent assembly rushed to adopt a final draft of the new…Fri Nov 30 2012 - 00:00
Palestinians bring their case to the UNPalestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is set to call upon the UN General Assembly to upgrade Palestinian representation from observer…Thu Nov 29 2012 - 00:00
Fall from grace was swift after brokering ceasefireANALYSIS : Opponents accuse President Morsi of hijacking Egypt’s nascent democracyMon Nov 26 2012 - 00:00
Risky gamble for Morsi as Cairo takes on leadership role in talksAnalysis: Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi has played a high-stakes game during the Gaza crisis by placing his personal influence…Wed Nov 21 2012 - 00:00
Morsi assumes central role in conflictANALYSIS: The Arab Spring has ensured support for Hamas from new governmentsSat Nov 17 2012 - 00:00
Netanyahu toughens stance ahead of pollANALYSIS: The Israeli PM has threatened to abrogate the Oslo peace accordsFri Nov 16 2012 - 00:00
Coalition has to prove political worth in SyriaAnalysis: The Arab League and the EU, with the exception of the Gulf states and France, have withheld full recognition of the…Thu Nov 15 2012 - 00:00
Syria's new opposition seeks Arab backingArab League foreign ministers yesterday recognised the newlyformed opposition coalition as the representative of the aspirations…Tue Nov 13 2012 - 00:00
Opposition coalition to form provisional Syrian governmentAfter eight days of talks the Syrian opposition yesterday established a new coalition naming Mouaz al-Khatib, a dissident Muslim…Mon Nov 12 2012 - 00:00
Assad says he will not cut a deal to resignSyrian president Bashar al-Assad has brushed aside suggestions that he resign and repeated his assertion that the West cannot…Fri Nov 09 2012 - 00:00
Broad welcome but some muted doubtsMiddle East: Barack Obama’s re-election was widely welcomed in the Middle East, although Arabs and Muslims have expressed disappointment…Thu Nov 08 2012 - 00:00
Damascus car bomb wounds 11A car bomb exploded yesterday outside a central Damascus hotel, wounding 11, as rebels claimed the capture of an oil field and…Mon Nov 05 2012 - 00:00
Executions of Syrian troops 'a potential war crime'HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATIONS yesterday condemned video images of rebels executing captured Syrian soldiers after insurgents overran…Sat Nov 03 2012 - 00:00
Conflict inflicting collateral damage on IraqFOR AT least a year Iraq has been suffering increasing spillover from the deepening conflict in SyriaThu Nov 01 2012 - 00:00
Ceasefire in Syria ends in air raids and car bombingsSYRIA’S FOUR-DAY holiday ceasefire ended with a reported 60 air raids, shelling, car bombs in the Damascus area and an artillery…Tue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
Syrian ceasefire broken by clashes and air raidsSYRIA’S HOLIDAY ceasefire was yesterday broken both by regime troops and rebels as military aircraft bombed restive towns near…Mon Oct 29 2012 - 00:00
Clashes despite ceasefire on Syrian feast daySYRIA’S CEASEFIRE was broken by scattered clashes yesterday but a fall in the level of fighting prompted festive anti-government…Sat Oct 27 2012 - 01:00
Syrian military agrees ceasefire as rebel forces make strategic gainsTHE SYRIAN military yesterday announced it would observe a ceasefire from 6am today until Monday as rebel forces made strategic…Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
Final decision on Syrian ceasefire to be given todayUN-ARAB LEAGUE envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said yesterday that the Syrian government had agreed to a ceasefire but shortly after his…Thu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
