Qatari & Tunisian heads of State

Egypt: Jail sentence against Zamalek Club Chief Mortada Mansour upheld

An Egyptian court upheld a one-month jail sentence and a one-year suspended sentence against Al-Zamalek football club’s controversial president Mortada Mansour, after he was found guilty of defamation against his Al-Ahly counterpart Mahmoud El-Khateeb. The ruling came Saturday after the court had rejected two appeals filed by Mansour against the two sentences, state-run news outlet […]

Egypt: Court lowers Prison Sentence to Police Officer for killing Peaceful Protester

A criminal court in the Egyptian capital Monday pressed a ten-year condemnation against First Lt. Yaseen Hatem accused in 2015 for killing political activist Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh on the fourth anniversary of the Egyptian 2011 revolution. The Monday ruling is the second verdict on the case after another court condemned the officer to 15 years in […]

Lebanon: Hariri Puts Resignation on Hold Pending Negotiations

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has accepted to put on hold his announced resignation pending new negotiations after President Michel Aoun asked him to do so. “I presented today my resignation to President Aoun and he urged me to wait before offering it and to hold onto it for more dialogue about its reasons and […]