Maggie Michael
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 06:53
Libya's prime minister said Tuesday that the United Nations is trying to impose an unworkable agreement on the country's various factions that is "screwing up" the political process and will never be accepted by parliament.
Friday, January 23, 2015 - 07:00
Yemen's U.S.-backed president quit Thursday under pressure from rebels holding him captive in his home, severely complicating American efforts to combat al-Qaida's powerful local franchise and raising fears that the Arab world's poorest country will fracture into mini-states.
Friday, August 8, 2014 - 08:00
The newly inaugurated Libyan parliament has threatened to act against warring militias who don't abide by its call for an immediate cease-fire, which it says will be supervised by the United Nations.
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 10:50
But the result is silencing any sort of critical voice and making the minbar - the name for the pulpit in a mosque - apolitical, bringing no potential challenge to authorities and delivering a single shade of Islam to the public.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 09:03
The resulting message is "don't negotiate with the government, prevent any compromise. The government will be too weak to attack back," said Jason Pack, a researcher of Middle Eastern History at Cambridge University who runs the website Libya-Analysis.com.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:32
Egyptian authorities arrested a top aide to al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri in a Nile Delta city on Monday and are interrogating him in an undisclosed location, officials said.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:07
Egypt's foreign minister sought to downplay speculation of a major foreign policy shift, saying during a rare top-level Russian visit on Thursday that Cairo wants to boost ties with Moscow and not replace the United States as its key ally.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:33
But far from pushing through a radically new vision as many democracy advocates hoped, they are likely to preserve the Islamic law provisions and grant even greater powers to the military.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:04
The number of jihadi groups operating in Sinai's rugged, mountainous deserts has mushroomed over recent years, believed to have thousands of fighters.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 07:12
Egypt's military has bulldozed 13 homes along the Gaza Strip border and caved in tunnels beneath them as a prelude to the possible creation of a buffer zone to reduce weapon smuggling and illegal militant crossings.