Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi looks poised to claim Egypt’s presidency as the man he ousted from power last year goes to court
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Egyptian Authorities ‘Beat Up’ Ohio State Grad in Cairo Prison
An Egyptian-American activist arrested in August claims in a letter smuggled from prison that Egyptian security personnel beat him, denied him medical attention and joked about killing detainees.
Dual citizen Mohamed Soltan, a …
Outgoing U.S. Ambassador in Egypt Slams State-Run Newspaper
The U.S. envoy to Egypt is not pulling punches as she approaches the end of her two-year tenure.
Ambassador Anne Patterson, who was nominated earlier this month to be assistant secretary of state in the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, sent a scathing open letter Wednesday to the country’s largest government-run …
Egyptian Military Calls for Demonstrations as Threat of Greater Violence Looms
After three weeks of protests by the Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian military calls on supporters to take to the streets
Where Is Morsi? Absence of Egypt’s Detained Ex-President Attracts Scrutiny
Mohamed Morsi’s last public act as President was a brief — by his long-winded standards — 30-minute address on national television on July 2. In the prerecorded statement, he repeatedly hailed the legitimacy of government …
Egypt’s Way Forward: New Transition Plan Draws Immediate Fire
Amid a political crisis where nothing important seems to happen before 10 p.m., the timing of interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour’s constitutional declaration — just past midnight early Tuesday morning — was par for the …
Egypt’s Crisis Signals the Unraveling of Yet Another Arab Nation-State
When British and French diplomats sat down to draw the boundaries of the modern Middle East, one country required no ruler and compass to define it. People lived in Egypt 10,000 years before the birth of Christ. The specific …
‘The Day the Revolution Died’: Amid Protests, Egypt’s Military Makes Its Move
Here is what experts, journalists and local bloggers are saying about the situation in Egypt
5 Things the Muslim Brotherhood’s ‘Countercoup’ Tells Us About Egypt
President Mohamed Morsy’s recent actions in Egypt is telling of the country’s state of affairs — and the continuing struggle among its power players
As the Sinai Goes, so Too the Golan Heights?
The new status quo in the Middle East is one of porous borders, growing radicalization and the fragmentation of once stable nation-states
Sinai Border Attack: What’s Behind the Unrest in Egypt’s Rogue Province
After a brazen militant attack on an Egyptian base led to the deaths of 16 soldiers, questions are growing over whether Egypt’s fragile government can control Islamist extremism on its Israeli border
When Syria’s Dust Settles, Will Assad Be Replaced by a ‘Junta in a Box’?
Frustrated by opposition failures and anxious over what would follow Assad, Western and Arab powers appear to be auditioning defector Manaf Tlass for a role in an interim ruling military council
What Morsy Must Do to Avoid Being Egypt’s President in Name Only
Mohamed Morsy’s election as President marked a watershed moment for Egypt, but unless he can repair the rifts with other opposition groups, the military will be calling the shots