Libya has erupted and the last trigger for this umpteenth spiral of violence and chaos has been retired Gen. Khalifa Hifter, who on Sunday led a coup attempt against the parliament elected in 2011 after the fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Hifter is far from a rookie and is reaping many unexpected support. Has a […]
May 26 2014 | Posted in
Middle East |
Read More »
The envoys of the European Union, the United States and the Arab League take dumps days to find a solution to this escalating violence and chaos in Libya. This weekend even traveling to Tripoli, but are now in constant contact with the heads of the main parties represented in the interim parliament. The launch plan, […]
May 24 2014 | Posted in
Middle East |
Read More »
An Egyptian court has convicted Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday to three years in prison for stealing and embezzling public funds of $ 14.3 million. His sons Alaa and Gamal Mubarak will spend four years in jail for the same reasons. The statement comes on the eve of the country confronts a new process that will […]
May 22 2014 | Posted in
Middle East |
Read More »
The NGO Defense For Children International has distributed a video Tuesday that reflects the time in which two Palestinian teenagers were shot dead last Thursday, the day of the Nakba or “catastrophe” of his people, Israel forces. The record shows that none of them was a vital threat to the soldiers, who did not enter […]
In as chaotic as the Libyan scenario is very risky to interpret the uniqueness of each of the many violent acts that occur daily. Still, it held that the military initiative of General Khalifa Hifter is superior to what has been happening since October 2011. During last week ‘s powerful militia led by the former […]
May 21 2014 | Posted in
Middle East |
Read More »
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, was voted in legislative elections last month, but is far from the majority. The State of Law alliance recieved at least 92 of the 328 seats in parliament, according to provisional results released Monday by the Electoral Commission. Al-Maliki will have to seek support from other groups to form coalition […]
May 20 2014 | Posted in
Middle East |
Read More »
Chaos has taken over Libya for months and it’s getting worse by the day. This weekend has been particularly wild. On Sunday, forces loyal to renegade general attempted a coup in Parliament, with bullets and tanks in the streets of the capital, against the legislature. On Friday, those same forces had caused all armed confrontation […]
May 20 2014 | Posted in
Middle East |
Read More »
Five more deaths were added to the list of 168 dead in Saudi Arabia for the coronavirus that causes MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), as reported by the Ministry of Health. Since the disease first appeared, in 2012, there have been 529 cases in 18 countries, with special emphasis on the Arabian peninsula. In the […]
May 20 2014 | Posted in
Middle East |
Read More »
Syria is the forgotten war of the United States (U.S.) President, Barack Obama. Nine months after the motions of military intervention and back at the last minute, Obama seems resigned to a victory for the regime of Bashar Assad. U.S. paralysis before the massacres in the Arab country marks the end of an era: the […]
May 16 2014 | Posted in
Middle East |
Read More »
Hopes for peace than the cemeteries dissipate in Syria between the chlorine gas and the international impotence. While the United Nations mediator for conflict, Lakhdar Brahimi, announced on Tuesday afternoon that he will resign on May 31, the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius launched new accusations against the regime of Bashar al-Assad: “Did you use […]
May 16 2014 | Posted in
Middle East |
Read More »
Hamdin Sabbahi, progressive candidate for president of Egypt, was received on Monday afternoon as a hero by hundreds of enthusiastic supporters in Zagazig, a town in the Nile Delta “The president is here! ” Rumbled the room where held a rally though is his only opponent, Abdelfattá al- Sisi, a former defense minister, the favorite […]
May 15 2014 | Posted in
Middle East |
Read More »
After nearly two years trying to gather opposition and Syrian regime in a dialogue, the UN mediator for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, barely managed one week ceasefire in Homs last February, and two rounds of negotiations Geneva (January and February 2014). Without thereby achieve greater results to curb the violent clashes that have left according to […]
May 15 2014 | Posted in
Middle East |
Read More »