We bring you an exclusive report from our team in Syria. They travelled undercover to the northern town of Atarib to meet rebel fighters preparing to join the battle for Aleppo. Next, a militant attack in the Sinai Peninsula kills 16 Egyptian soldiers in the first security challenge for the new government. Finally, we meet Rita, the Israeli pop star building bridges to Iran.
Unidentified Islamist gunmen killed at least 15 Egyptian policemen at the Egypt-Israel border on Sunday. At least four of the gunmen were later killed when Israeli military aircraft struck an armoured vehicle the Islamists had seized.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi named Hisham Qandil (pictured), a former minister of irrigation, to serve as the country's new prime minister, state television announced on Tuesday. Qandil has been asked to form a new cabinet.
Speaking after a meeting with Israeli officials on Monday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Washington was ready to use "all elements" of US power to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
The cosmopolitan city of Alexandria is considered an Islamist stronghold in Egypt, but it also has a significant proportion of Coptic Christians. With the election of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi, the Copts fear Egypt will go in a direction opposite to the one they wish. Salafists, who allied themselves with the Brotherhood during the presidential elections, are calling for Sharia law to be adopted throughout the country.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met on Sunday with Egypt's military chief, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi (pictured), and urged him to work with the country's new Islamist leaders on a full transition to civilian rule.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday urged Egypt's civilian and military authorities to stay committed to the transition to democracy as she began a high-profile two-day visit to the country.
The UK tabloid press sizes up France’s new president and focuses on his height (1m70), but the joke could well be on François Hollande’s hosts: when the French leader warns of a multi-speed Europe, does it mean a possible divorce between Britain and Europe?
The UK tabloid press sizes up France’s new president and focuses on his height (1m70), but the joke could well be on François Hollande’s hosts: when the French leader warns of a multi-speed Europe, does it mean a possible divorce between Britain and Europe?
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi said Wednesday he wanted to have talks with judiciary and political powers to end the constant to-and-fro over his attempt to reinstate parliament, dissolved last month by the army after a high court ruling.
