Supporters of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi were reportedly shot and killed today trying to break into the military facility where the Islamist official has been placed in “preventative” detention by Egyptian military authorities. The army quickly denied reports that the demonstrators had been shot by Egyptian troops, emphasizing that...

Islamists launched a series of attacks early Friday against Egyptian security forces stationed in the Sinai Peninsula. Though there have been no claims of responsibility, the timing and nature of the attacks has deepening fears that supporters of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi would respond to his removal from power...

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) officials have reportedly reached a consensus on measures to take against Hezbollah, after deputy interior ministers from the six member states met in Riyadh yesterday. Arab countries have in recent months become increasingly vocal in demanding that the international community take action against the Shiite organization,...

Egyptians ranging from young protesters physically in Tahrir Square to elements of Egypt’s upper society have seen assertions that the army’s moves against former president Mohamed Morsi – taken after what were likely the largest national protests in human history – constituted a coup. Reuters reports on broad disagreement with...

A new index fund that tracks Israeli companies has been launched in the United States with the intent of leveraging companies that have a significant Israeli presence. The criteria for inclusion in the new BlueStar Israel Global Index fund are by design meant to be broad: To be included in...

A Gaza Strip businessman was forced to shutter his gas canister factory – which he had run for 30 years, and which employed 45 workers – after Hamas authorities discovered that he was painting his gas canisters silver. Gas canisters painted silver, it turns out, are too Israeli to be...

Iran is deepening its outreach to Bolivia, one of several countries in the Western hemisphere that Iran seems set on establishing as footholds. An Iranian news agency this week celebrated recent efforts: In a Monday meeting with his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales on the sidelines of the summit of Gas...

The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has refused to work with what it called the “usurper government” installed after the army on Wednesday ousted Egypt’s Brotherhood-linked government. Instead it has called its followers into the streets: The National Coalition in Support of Legitimacy “calls on the Egyptian people to take to the...

A day after the Egyptian army ousted Mohamed Morsi from the presidency and subsequently placed him under house arrest, chief justice Adly Mansour was sworn in as Egypt’s interim president. Little is known about Mansour, who served just days as chief justice between his predecessor’s resignation and his own appointment...

Hamas is struggling to set a line – and remain silent in the meantime – as the crisis in Egypt plays out. The Iran-backed terror group is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, which until yesterday was in control of the Egyptian government, and the links have created tension between...