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S. Sudan pastors accused of spying freed

  Yat Michael had taken his child to Khartoum for medical treatment when he was arrested on 14 December, 2014, after being asked to preach...

Sad Anniversary for Christians in Northern Iraq: “We are Living, but It’s Like Living in a Cage”

    Discovering that Kurdish militia had fled the ISIS assault, the sisters decided to leave their convent in Qaraqosh and march to safety along with...

Egypt to Open Suez Canal Expansion Two Years Early

  The $8bn (£5bn) project had been projected to take three years but on the orders of the president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, the former military...

Islamist Non-Compete Agreement for Parliament Majority over Next 10 Years Possible’

  “We want to reassure the civil forces that fear an Islamist majority rule,” Zomor told the Qatari Al-Arab newspaper on Sunday. “I think this...

Kerry Urges Egypt to Move Forward With Political Reform

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Egypt’s leadership to move forward with political reform as part of a strategy to combat religious extremism,...

Assyrian Christian Woman Shares Story of Captivity by Islamic State

  Among the sources who spoke to Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity, the exact number of those initially abducted varies slightly. Since then, little more has been...

ISIL Threat in Gaza Strip Is for Real – Abbas Warns

During a July 30 meeting with Jordanian parliament members, Abbas said that world leaders were so preoccupied with the Iran nuclear deal that they...

Egypt’s Minister of Culture Stirs Fears of ‘Religionization of Culture’

  El-Nabawy sacked the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Culture, Mohammed Afifi, and the head of the National Center for Translation, Anwar Moghith,...

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