Latest in Tag: Clashes Highlight
Latest in Tag: Clashes
In Pictures: Night Clashes in Tahrir Square
Tahrir square clashes continued on Friday night, between supporters of President Mohamed Morsy and protesters criticizng his 100-day plan. Protesters took to the streets today, Friday, after calls all week by civil and leftist parties and coalitions for demonstrations demanding a new constituent assembly to write the post 25 January constitution as well as accountability of the …
Protesters tried for High Court clashes
Families of detained protesters allege abuse
Police, worshippers scuffle at Al-Aqsa mosque plaza
Israeli police enters Al-Aqsa mosque compound, uses tear gas
Review: Columnists debate Al-Nour clashes, Constituent Assembly members and Sinai
Columnists explore the continuing internal dispute splitting the Salafi Al-Nour party. Others dedicate their columns to Sinai and the suggested idea of arming tribes to safeguard the peninsula. On another note, some commentaries have discussed the growing debate on the Constituent Assembly and its membership, focusing on the five members who resumed their roles within …
Deadly clashes in North Yemen
Clashes between Shi’a and Sunnis in Yemen leave at least a dozen dead
Film fans flames of violence across the region
Across the Middle East and beyond, protesters have demonstrated against US-made Islamophobic production
Further violent protests against anti-Muslim film
Across the Middle East an angry backlash continues by Muslims outraged by a movie insulting Islam
Ongoing violence in Mombasa, death toll of four
Death toll expected to rise if violence continues
Human Rights Corner: Ramlet Boulaq – A battle of social justice
Bread, freedom, human dignity
Ethnic clashes in Kenya
Peace negotiations held, following Kenya’s ethnic massacre
Tribesmen killed in Sinai as unrest continues
The exact identity of the attackers remains unclear at this point yet
Prison break out in Tripoli
According to reports in the Tripoli Post, a riot and gun battles broke out in Al-Fornaj prison in Tripoli. During the fighting, eight prisoners escaped custody. There were also six casualties and one prisoner was killed. The riot started when a vehicle showed up outside the prison and opened fire on the guards, seemingly in …
Sinai attack repercussions continue
The Egyptian military reported it had killed 20 so-called terrorists on Friday and arrested six
Jordan-Syria border clashes
The Jordanian border to Syria serves as a gateway for Syrian refugees fleeing violence in their country
Coptic leaders criticise new cabinet
“This cabinet is unjust for Copts” said Bishop Pachomious
Gunfire at the Morocco-Algeria border leaves three border guards dead
The Algerian border guards were killed in an ambush
Violence erupts at Nile City Towers
A man from Ramlet Boulaq, a poor district behind the Nile City Towers, was reportedly shot and killed by tourism police and another was injured
Fights erupt at Cabinet Building protest trial
Fights erupted on Sunday after a court postponed the trial of the 269 protesters who took part in the protests near the Cabinet building in December
Syria turmoil threatens Lebanon stability
Many have fled the violence in Syria to neighbouring countries including Lebanon leading to clashes and unrest
Lebanese Judge calls for the death penalty for 88 involved in clashes
Judge Ghassan Oueidat recommended the death penalty for 88 people involved in fatal clashes in a refugee camp in Lebanon
Turkish police crack down on Kurdish rally
Riot police used water cannons and tear gas on Kurdish protesters armed with stones
Tunisian artists lament lack of support after Islamist riots
Even before the recent clashes, artists say they have regularly been the target of religious hardliners in post- revolution Tunisia. And they are surprised that the more moderate regime that replaced Ben Ali has not defended the nation’s artists.
Violence in a Jordan University sparked by ‘tribalism’
The fighting which had started earlier this week in Mutah University, South Jordan reached a new level of violence on Wednesday
Protests in Sudan threaten to topple Al-Bashir
The recent austerity measures taken by the government have included raising taxes and deep cuts to services like public health care.
Protests in Israel
Israel’s social justice movement attempts to bring back last summer’s tent cities
Iraq pushes for influence in Syria
With the crisis on their doorstep, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussein Al-Shahristani and Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari spoke to the press on Sunday
Clash along Iraq-Turkey border
Turkish military and Kurdish militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) clashed near the border of Iraq leaving eight Turkish soldiers dead and at least 16 others wounded,Turkish officials said. The incident is the bloodiest clash over the contentious Kurdish region in recent months. It was reported by Reuters that the attacks were launched in …