Kareem Fahim
Friday, March 6, 2015 - 06:50
Egypt’s interior minister, who played a central role in the military-backed government’s far-reaching and ruthless crackdown on political dissent, was removed from his post on Thursday in a cabinet shake-up announced by the president’s office.
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 06:33
Some of the men were shot on their doorsteps, their bodies left crumpled in the streets. Others were lined up, led to a field and killed there. Their relatives, ordered to stay in their homes, heard the gunfire.
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 07:15
Yemen is reeling from some of the worst carnage in years as militants, especially Sunni extremists with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, have retaliated with growing ferocity.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 07:10
A large car bomb exploded outside a police academy in Yemen’s capital, Sana, early Wednesday, killing or wounding dozens of applicants who were lined up at the building’s gate, according to security officials.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 06:47
Egypt’s military said on Monday that it intended to double the size of a secured buffer zone in a town bordering the Gaza Strip after discovering smuggling tunnels across the frontier that were longer than expected, according to state news media.
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 06:32
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi issued a law on Wednesday allowing him to deport non-Egyptians convicted of crimes to their home countries, a move that could lead to the release of at least one of three journalists from the Al Jazeera English news channel who have been imprisoned for almost a year.
Friday, November 7, 2014 - 11:04
Libya’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the country’s recently elected Parliament was seated unconstitutionally, throwing fresh fuel on the country’s increasingly violent and divisive civil conflict.
Monday, August 11, 2014 - 06:43
Security officials have refused to allow two senior staff members from the New York-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch to enter Egypt, where the two were due to release the findings of the group’s yearlong investigation into mass killings of protesters carried out by Egyptian government forces last summer.
Monday, July 28, 2014 - 07:18
After the revolt, as Libya’s government struggled and violence spread, the Obama administration and its allies failed in their efforts to help Libyans achieve either democracy or security.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 10:37
Three days of pitched battles between feuding militias have left most of the Libyan airport damaged.