Egypt parliament calls on appeals court to rule on dissolutionPOLITICIANS IN Egypt met in formal session yesterday long enough to defy the military and the supreme constitutional court by…Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
Annan holds 'constructive' talks with Assad on ending violenceIN DAMASCUS to revive his six-point peace plan, UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said yesterday that he had “candid and constructive…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Showdown over power looms in Egypt after court rulingEGYPT’S SUPREME constitutional court yesterday upheld a previous ruling that the election of the lower house of parliament was…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Conference promises to boost aid to Syrian rebelsTHE FRIENDS of Syria conference in Paris yesterday demanded President Bashar al-Assad stand down, urged implementation of the…Sat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00
Syrian violence escalating, says head of UN teamCHIEF OF the UN monitoring mission in Syria Gen Robert Mood yesterday declared that violence had escalated to an unprecedented…Fri Jul 06 2012 - 01:00
Arafat's body to be exhumed after polonium discoverySENIOR PALESTINIAN official Saeb Erekat yesterday called for an international inquiry into the death of former president Yasser…Thu Jul 05 2012 - 01:00
UN general criticises empty talk on SyriaNORWEGIAN GENERAL Robert Mood, head of the UN monitoring mission in Syria, has accused representatives of the world powers of…Thu Jul 05 2012 - 01:00
Syrian state running 27 torture sites, group saysSYRIA’S FOUR main military and intelligence agencies operate 27 torture centres across the country where detainees are beaten…Wed Jul 04 2012 - 01:00
Assad says he will step down only if rejected in electionsSYRIAN PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad said yesterday he was prepared to step down if Syrians reject him in an election but insisted…Wed Jul 04 2012 - 01:00
Syria rebels boycott opposition conferenceTHE CONFERENCE of Syria’s opposition groups that met yesterday in Cairo was torpedoed by the boycotting of the event by Syrian…Tue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
Syria rejects Geneva plan for political transitionTHE SYRIAN regime and opposition groups have rejected a plan for the formation of a transitional government agreed by world leaders…Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Egypt leader challenges military ruleBEFORE TENS of thousands of supporters gathered yesterday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, seat of the country’s revolution, Egypt’s…Sat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00
Egyptians celebrate as Morsi elected presidentWHEN THE Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi was yesterday proclaimed Egypt’s first elected civilian president, a great cheer …Mon Jun 25 2012 - 01:00
Egypt's military rulers defy protestersEGYPT’S MILITARY rulers responded defiantly to yesterday’s rally in Cairo’s Tahrir Square by tens of thousands of citizens of…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Rivals claim victory in Egypt's run-off voteEGYPT’S OUSTED president Hosni Mubarak yesterday lay in an intensive care unit in a military hospital as both his potential successors…Thu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00
Protesters back in Tahrir Square over presidential resultTHOUSANDS OF cheerful Egyptians waving national flags flocked to Cairo’s Tahrir Square last night to condemn the “coup d’etat…Wed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00
Brotherhood win neutered by Egypt's armyEGYPT’S MILITARY pre-empted yesterday’s announcement by the Muslim Brotherhood that its candidate Mohamad Morsy had won the presidential…Tue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00
Egyptians go to polls for presidency with muted enthusiasmTHERE WERE white-suited policemen but no lines of voters outside the arts academy in the leafy, upscale Zamalek district of Cairo…Mon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00
Military lurks behind Egyptian presidential pollON THE eve of today’s controversial presidential election, the revolutionaries of Tahrir Square, the cradle of the 2011 Egyptian…Sat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00
Egypt court scuppers democratic assemblyEGYPTIANS REACTED with shock and anger yesterday when the country’s constitutional court delivered two dramatic decisions that…Fri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Amnesty accuses Syria of 'reckless' attacks on citizensAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL yesterday charged Syrian armed forces of “rampaging through towns and villages, systematically dragging…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
Annan 'gravely concerned' by Syrian escalationUN-ARAB LEAGUE envoy Kofi Annan is “gravely concerned” about an escalation in fighting between the Syrian army and rebels, his…Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
Syrian opposition elects Kurd to top roleSYRIAN FORCES yesterday shelled rebel strongholds across the country as the expatriate opposition Syrian National Council, meeting…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
UN team sifts site of alleged massacreUNITED NATIONS monitors yesterday found neither living nor dead in the Syrian hamlet of Qubair where pro-government forces stand…Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Mainland's austerity measures grind down island's economic wellbeingCYPRUS: Jobless figures are up fivefold as cash-strapped island prepares to take rotating EU presidencySat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Egyptians rail against Mubarak verdictTENS OF thousands of Egyptians have massed in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and on the streets and squares of Alexandria, Suez, Zagazig…Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
Eliminated candidates say Egyptian election fraudulentTHREE CANDIDATES eliminated in the first round of Egypt’s presidential election said yesterday that irregularities had invalidated…Tue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00
Egyptians protest over Mubarak sentencesEGYPTIANS WHO initially cheered the sentencing of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to life imprisonment by a Cairo court…Mon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00
Assad denies his regime was behind Houla massacreIN HIS first address to his country’s newly elected Syrian president Bashar al-Assad denied his regime’s culpability in the May…Mon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00
UN condemns Houla massacre and calls for inquiryTHE UN Human Rights Council yesterday condemned the May 25th massacre of 108 Syrians, including 49 childrenSat Jun 02 2012 - 01:00
UN chief urges end to bloodshed in SyriaUN SECRETARY general Ban Ki-moon yesterday called on the Syrian government to halt the bloodshed in the country and fulfil its…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Egypt's military council lifts decades-old state of emergencyEGYPT’S RULING military council yesterday declared the lifting of the 31-year-old state of emergency imposed after the assassination…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Egypt further polarised by choice between theocrat and enforcerANALYSIS: Abstention by over 50% of voters may explain why two traditionalists made it to second roundTue May 29 2012 - 01:00
Uncertainty over choice of candidate clouds pollANALYSIS: EGYPT’S REVOLUTIONARIES are bitterly disappointed over their country’s first multicandidate presidential election, …Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
Presidential Candidates: The Top FourAmr Moussa (75): a former Egyptian diplomat who served in mis- sions in Switzerland, India and the UN and held the position …Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
Rebels in Syria kill 23 soldiers in ambushREBEL FIGHTERS reportedly killed 23 soldiers and destroyed three armoured vehicles during an ambush on the road to the strategic…Tue May 15 2012 - 01:00
Humanitarian and economic disaster averted for nowSANCTIONS AND unrest are the chief causes of deprivation in Syria, a Damascus-based diplomat has told The Irish Times.Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00
Syrian army thwarts copycat bomb attackAN EXPLOSIVES-LADEN minibus was intercepted and the driver killed by security forces in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday…Sat May 12 2012 - 01:00
Deep divisions in opposition over route to democracySYRIAN OPPOSITION groups are deeply divided over how to effect democratic change in their countryFri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Damascus bomb blasts most deadly since start of rebellionAT LEAST 55 people were killed and 372 wounded yesterday in two massive car bomb blasts in the deadliest attack in Syria since…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Annan warns on Syrian civil warUN-ARAB LEAGUE envoy Kofi Annan yesterday told the Security Council that his effort to halt the violence in Syria could be the…Wed May 09 2012 - 01:00
Syrians deeply divided over attitude to electionSYRIANS ARE deeply divided over today’s parliamentary election, with the government urging voters to cast ballots while the opposition…Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Up to 10 fatalities in Syrian protestsAT LEAST 10 protesters were killed yesterday when anti-government demonstrations erupted in several locations across Syria following…Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Pre-election chaos causes dismay among Syrian votersTHERE IS confusion in Syria over Monday’s election, in which 7,000 candidates are running for 250 seats in the national assembly…Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
University raided after attack on protestersSYRIAN SECURITY officers have reportedly raided the dormitories of Aleppo University following an attack on students protesting…Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Syrian military accused of killing 95 civiliansTHE NEW York-based Human Rights Watch has accused the Syrian army of grave human rights abuses during operations to recapture…Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
Syria's multiparty election campaign gets into full swingUNDETERRED BY three powerful explosions overnight, Damascenes celebrate the May Day holiday by sleeping in, lounging in parks…Wed May 02 2012 - 01:00
At least nine dead after suicide bombing in western Syrian citySUICIDE BOMBERS set off devices at dawn yesterday in the northwestern rebel stronghold of Idlib city, destroying two security…Tue May 01 2012 - 01:00
Arms shipment allegedly for Syrian rebels interceptedLEBANESE OFFICIALS have intercepted a Sierra Leone-flagged ship purportedly carrying heavy and light arms from Libya to Syrian…Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Crisis deepens as Damascus bombings leave at least 11 deadFOUR BOMB blasts in Damascus yesterday shook the calm and complacency of the Syrian capital, which has remained largely outside…Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
