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Libyan elections set for 7 July

The country’s first direct elections in over 40 years

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
Protests in Israel
Clashes

Protests in Israel

Israel’s social justice movement attempts to bring back last summer’s tent cities

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam

Region Briefs

    Syria: BRUSSELS (AP) — Members of Syrian opposition groups met…

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
A year and four months in an isolated cell left Turkish journalist Müyesser Yıldız with little to say. “I have trouble speaking, I have been all alone in my cell you see,” said Yıldız, who was recently released by authorities.
arrest

Turkey’s openness myth challenged by detentions of journalists

Turkey, long considered the Arab ideal, has issues of its own

Ahmed Khalifa
Ahmed Khalifa
Hundreds of Syrian refugees fled to Iraq since President Bashar Al-Assad’s crackdown began last year
Clashes

Iraq pushes for influence in Syria

With the crisis on their doorstep, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy,…

Ragia Mostafa
Ragia Mostafa

Bahrain opposition leaders injured in clashes

Bahraini armed forces continued to battle protestors, firing on activists with tear…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha

Airstrikes on Gaza enter first week

By Hend Kortam An Israeli airstrike against Gaza early Saturday morning killed…

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Iraq

Mounting death toll in Iraq after a week of violence

Coordinated attacks punctuate a period of pilgrimage in Iraq, increasing instability in…

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
iran

Iran nuclear negotiations underway

Talks in Мoscow seek international consensus on way forward.

DNE
DNE

Al-Qaeda claims Iraq’s worst violence in month

Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for a string of attacks in Iraq that left…

DNE
DNE