The Nile River has been a source of pride for the Egyptian people since civilization began. Not to mention the fact that a majority of Egypt’s drinking water is sourced from the Nile River. When an Egyptian publicly insults the Nile, other Egyptians take that personally, because of the national pride connected to the Nile. Sherine Abdel-Wahab, a famous Egyptian… Read more »
The US Africa Command announced the U.S. military conducted another airstrike in Somalia on Tuesday killing ‘several militants’ belonging to the terrorist group, al-Shabaab. A defense official tells Fox that a drone carried out the strike 60 miles northwest of the capital, Mogadishu. The U.S. military has carried out airstrikes for six consecutive days in Somalia beginning last Thursday, killing… Read more »
Chefchaouen – Huddling against a hillside in northern Morocco is a tourist town famed for the striking blue of its buildings, and now the mayor is mixing in another colour – green. Chefchaouen – known locally as Chaouen – wants to become a model for sustainable development at a time when the northwest African kingdom has shone a spotlight onto… Read more »
Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel-Wahab is pictured in 2009 at a performance in Tunisia. (AFP/Getty Images) For centuries, the Nile River has been revered as a source of great pride for Egypt. It is essential to the country’s agriculture, tourism and drinking water — a lifeblood to its people. So apparently, at least in the eyes of the Egyptian government, the river, more than 4,000… Read more »
Eight Dead People in Damascus because of Terrorist Attacks Damascus, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) At least 8 civilians died, and another 18 were injured Wednesday by attacks with mortar projectiles against neighborhoods and districts of this capital, social activists reported. The report said that the artefacts shot by the terrorists from zones of East Ghouta, east of Damascus, against the… Read more »
On November 1st and 2nd in Syria, Israeli warplanes struck in Hisya. A copper factory was the target of these attacks. While the Syrian Civil War continues, Israel strikes. This is not the first time that Israel has struck Syria. Syrian air defense responded by firing back after the Israeli jets struck. During the attack, Syrian military forces successfully hit… Read more »
Syrian state television says Israeli warplanes carried out an air strike in western Syria overnight. A report said the Hisya area in the countryside south of the city of Homs was targeted, and that Syrian air defences fired back in response A military source told pro-government Masdar News that the jets attacked a storage warehouse in an industrial complex while… Read more »
“Fake facts!” exclaimed a senior Iraqi official in exasperation as he pointed to photographs online allegedly showing the Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in Kirkuk, orchestrating the Iraqi government retaking of the city last month. He said that in reality the picture, tweeted by a Kurdish leader as evidence of Iranian hegemony, dates from 2014. The greatest threat to the growing… Read more »
There is a broad-based consensus that security in Somalia has been deteriorating at an alarming rate. In the past few weeks, hundreds of people have been killed by truck bombs at two prominent locations in Mogadishu. The lethal potency of the explosives and the scale of death and devastation resulting from the Oct 14th one was far beyond what Mogadishu… Read more »
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hasn’t wasted any time implementing his vision for Saudi Arabia’s future. Since leapfrogging other senior royals on the line of succession to the throne, the prince has granted women the right to drive and curbed the power of the religious police. Music plays in restaurants, and many women are swapping their black abayas for colorful… Read more »