Region

Breaking news, latest headlines and analysis from Middle East region, East Mediterranean region, and Africa from the Daily News Egypt.

Latest Region News
Shiite Muslims take part in a demonstration in solidarity with human right activists Nabeel Rajab in the village of Sitra, South of Manama, on 6 August AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH
attacks

Bahraini policemen charged with hospital violence

Authorities make some concessions to rights groups but crackdown against opposition continues

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
army

Israel targets Hezbollah operatives

Shin Bet claims that the explosives were enough to launch a “wave…

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Rebels of the Free Syrian Army arrive at the scene of a bombed building purportedly hit during Syrian army shelling which was targeting the Free Syrian Army command center, but instead hit a building in a residential neighborhood located behind, in Sheikh Najar area of the restive city of Aleppo, on 6 August AFP PHOTO/ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS
abducted

Three of the Iranians abducted in Syria killed

IRNA claimed the abducted are pilgrims visiting the Shi’a shrine of Sayyida…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
An aerial view shows the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on 6 August AFP PHOTO / AMER HILABI
iran

Ahmadinejad to attend Muslim summit in Saudi Arabia

Despite tension over regional issues, the two countries take a remarkable diplomatic…

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy
Heavy armoured vehicles of Turkish military are stationed in front of Gecimli military outpost where Kurdish rebels attacked and killed 6 soldiers and 2 village guard on 5 August AFP PHOTO/STR
abduct

PKK abducts Turkish soldiers

Kuridstan workers party kidnapped three off-duty Turkish soldiers, says Diayrbakir governor

Ahmed Khalifa
Ahmed Khalifa
People stand near armoured vehicles of Turkish military stationed in front of Gecimli military outpost where Kurdish rebels attacked and killed 6 soldiers and 2 village guard on 5 August at Cukurca in Hakkari AFP PHOTO / STR
Erdogan

Turkey reports PKK casualties

Erdogan, has in recent weeks accused the regime in Syria of giving…

Ahmed Khalifa
Ahmed Khalifa
A 54 year old Tunisian citizen, identified as Mohammed bin Amer bin Saleh, receives treatment for serious wounds he sustained when a carbomb blew up in central Tripoli on 4 August. Gunbattles between youth allegedly competing for market place and a car blast sent a shudder through the Libyan capital, residents and security sources said, adding on person was wounded AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA
Arab Spring

Red Cross attacked in Libya

At 6:45 in the morning, attackers pummeled the ICRC residence while ICRC…

Connor Molloy
Connor Molloy
A picture taken on 24 November 2008 shows Syria's then agriculture minister and current prime minister Riad Hijab in Quneitra. Hijab has defected to the opposition, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on 6 August, as state media reported his abrupt sacking just two months after his appointment AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARA
Arab Spring

Syrian PM flees with family

Hijab was appointed by President Bashar Al-Assad this past June after serving…

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
A Syrian woman carries bags of bread in the restive northern Syrian city of Aleppo, on 3 August. Many thousands of Syrian civilians have fled the fighting to other countries, including Egypt AFP PHOTO / VEDAY XHYMSHITI
aid

Syrians seeking asylum in Egypt overlooked

Hidden crisis as countries across the region struggle to deal with effects…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
Onlookers gather at the scene of a suicide bombing in the restive southern province of Abyan on 5 August. The suicide attack blamed on Al-Qaeda in Jaar, one of a string of towns in Abyan province that were retaken by government troops in June after being held by Al-Qaeda loyalists for more than a year, killed 45 people, local officials said, as residents voiced fears that a lack of security personnel on the ground will allow the jihadists to return AFP PHOTO / STR
attack

Bomb blast underlines fragile security in Yemen

This latest bombing in Yemen highlights the fragile state of Yemen’s security

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez