Middle East Monitor
clear
Free Subscription
Middle East Monitor

Creating new perspectives since 2009

Middle East Monitor

All Stories Archive

  • June 30, 2014

    Egypt: anti-Brotherhood cleric accuses government of 'fighting Islam'

    VIDEO An Egyptian cleric known for his opposition of the Muslim Brotherhood and support for the July 3 military coup slammed the latest government decision to limit Ramadan night...

    News

  • June 30, 2014

    One Egyptian, two Israelis face espionage charges in Egypt

    The State Security Prosecution in Egypt announced in a statement Sunday the referral of one Egyptian citizen and two Israelis to trial on charges of spying for Israel. The...

    News

  • June 30, 2014

    Al-Sisi approves budget that reduces subsidies and raises prices

    A statement by the Egyptian ministry of finance on Sunday said that the recently inaugurated president Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi has approved a revised budget for the fiscal year 2014-2015. The...

    News

  • June 30, 2014

    Hamas condemns EU statement on Hebron operation

    A spokesperson of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas has condemned the statement issued by the European Union regarding the Israeli occupation’s operation in Hebron and rejected the EU’s charges...

    News

  • June 30, 2014

    Israel to defend Jordan if ISIS attacks

    The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) will not be content with occupying only parts of Iraq; it is looking to take over Jordan, high-level officials in...

    News

  • June 29, 2014

    Al-Sisi sells old merchandise

    The coup regime in Egypt is still promoting the same old merchandise it has been selling to the Egyptians and the world since the bloody coup began on July...

    Blog

  • June 29, 2014

    Iraqi parties begin talks that could topple Al-Maliki

    Leaders of Iraqi political parties have launched talks that could topple Nouri al-Maliki, after top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani urged them to choose a new prime minister,...

    News

  • June 29, 2014

    30% of Gazans without daily income in Ramadan

    Around 30 percent of the residents of the Gaza Strip are left without a daily income during the fasting month of Ramadan, a new survey showed on Sunday. Around...

    News

  • June 29, 2014

    Qatar's first opposition group launched from Cairo

    A group of Qatari activists launched their country’s almost first opposition group from the Egyptian capital Cairo. Called the “Youth Movement for the Rescue of Qatar”, the new group...

    News

  • June 29, 2014

    Opposition name Ihsanoglu for Turkish presidential race

    Turkish academic and diplomat Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has been nominated for the country’s presidential race by the two main opposition parties. The Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party...

    News