Category: Blogs

Shorouk Publishes Details of Sabbahi’s Electoral Platform

By EgyptSource

On Sunday the Egyptian Presidential Elections Committee cleared presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi to participate in Egypt’s upcoming presidential elections. The Nasserist politician who has a strong following amongst the youth and left finished third in the 2012 presidential elections just missing a run-off. Since officially announcing his candidacy earlier this year, Sabbahi has not spoken […]

A Cry for Rationality

By Amr Hamzawy

A bloody clash between two tribes in Aswan recently claimed more than twenty lives and left many wounded. On top of the current political struggle, the violations of rights and freedoms, and the danger of terrorism and violence, the blood spilled in the south is a harsh reminder that we do not live in a […]

Top News: Syria Rebels Make Last Stand for Homs

By MENASource

Weakened rebels are making their last desperate stand in Homs, as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad launch their harshest assault yet to expel them from the central city, once known as the capital of the revolution. Some among the hundreds of rebels remaining in the city talk of surrender, according to opposition activists there. […]

Assad’s Survival Need Not Be Inevitable

By Oubai Shahbandar

Bashar al-Assad recently announced that his regime is holding an “election” in Syria on June 3. The Syrian Opposition Coalition has responded that this latest move by the regime represents a clear decision by Assad to once and for all forgo any illusion that he is willing to pursue a political solution to the conflict. […]

Weekend Violence in Ukraine Threatens Peace Efforts

Last week’s agreement in Geneva, meant to avert wider conflict in Ukraine, was faltering as the new week began. Pro-Moscow separatist gunmen show no sign of surrendering government buildings they have seized. The images below are from the cities of Donetsk and Slaviansk. A gunbattle in Slaviansk left an uncertain number dead.

Slaviansk: Gunfights, Disappeared Journalist—and the Mayor is Missing

By Irena Chalupa and James Rupert

Ukraine Crisis Centers on City North of Donetsk Slaviansk, a district center of about 120,000 people in northwestern Donetsk province, is increasingly the simmering epicenter of Ukraine’s crisis – and not only because of the gunbattle yesterday that has re-escalated tensions in the east. The masked soldiers and militiamen who control access to the city […]

The Week in Egypt [April 21, 2014]

By Daniel Stoker

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

Top Story: Seven Candidates to Run for Libya’s Prime Minister

By MENASource

The Libyan parliament Sunday began hearing seven candidates who are vying to replace prime minister Abdullah al-Thinni who quit last week just days after his appointment. Members of the General National Congress (GNC), were due to hear the candidates present their program of government Sunday, but no date has been fixed for the vote. The […]