EGYPT COURTS HEAR CASES AGAINST MUBARAK, ISLAMISTS
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 85, is escorted by medical and security personnel into an ambulance to be taken by helicopter ambulance from Maadi Military Hospital to…
Rebellions and uprisings
CONGO SOLDIERS, UN FORCES BATTLE M23 REBELS
By NICK LONG Residents carry the body of a person killed hours earlier when a rocket struck a home, as they take to the streets in protest over recent violence,…
SYRIA WARNS US NOT TO INTERVENE MILITARILY
By BASSEM MROUE and ALBERT AJI FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, file citizen journalism image provided by the Media Office Of Douma City, which has been authenticated…
SYRIA ACC– USES REBELS OF USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS
By ALBERT AJI Columns of smoke rising from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood in west Damascus, in Cairo, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. President Bashar Assad’s forces pressed on…
LOW TURNOUT FOR PRO-MORSI RALLIES IN EGYPT
By TONY G. GABRIEL and SARAH EL DEEB Egyptian security forces deploy in Tanta, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, where supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi clashed with residents, killing…
EGYPT QUESTIONS BROTHERHOOD’S TOP LEADER IN PRISON
By HAMZA HENDAWI In this image taken from Egypt State TV, Mohammed Badie, the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, is seen after being detained by Egyptian security in Cairo,…
THOUSANDS OF SYRIANS FLEE TO IRAQ; CRISIS FEARED
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and ZEINA KARAM In this photo provided by UNHCR officials and taken on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Syrian refugees cross the border toward Iraq at Peshkhabour border…
EGYPT CHALLENGES OBAMA’S ARAB SPRING PHILOSOPHY
FILE- In this Aug. 15, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters regarding events in Egypt from his rental vacation home in Chilmark, Mass., on the…