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 …
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Egypt on the Brink: Dozens of Morsi Supporters Killed in Cairo as Crisis Deepens
Egypt’s splintering national unity was further fractured in the early hours of July 8 by a chaotic burst of dawn violence that left 51 civilians dead—all of them reportedly supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi and …
Cairo Massacre: Dozens of Pro-Morsi Supporters Killed in Clashes with Egypt’s Military
Egypt’s political crisis took a grim turn in the early hours of June 8 when protesters supporting ousted President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s leading Islamist organization, faced gunfire from army …
How Egypt’s Turmoil Echoes Algeria’s Bloody Civil War
Millions of voters elected an Islamic political party to run the country, but the military stepped in, forced out the winners of the election and handpicked a group of politicians in their place. No, this is not Egypt in 2013. It …
Egypt’s Sky Propaganda: Air Force Jets Perform Above Tahrir Square
After Egypt’s military forced the country’s elected President Mohamed Morsi out of office July 3, its air force tried to lift the mood of the restive Egyptian citizenry with patriotic displays above Tahrir Square, where ranks of …
The Would-Be Prime Minister: Could ElBaradei Stabilize Egypt?
He may not be a man of all the people, but as Prime Minister, Mohamed ElBaradei could bring his country’s new government the international credibility it now lacks
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The Muslim Brotherhood’s Outrage: Protests and Gunfire Follow Morsi’s Ousting
To bar entrance to the stretch of Nasr Road where several thousand diehard Muslim Brothers have established a makeshift protest camp, the Egyptian army parked a line of armored vehicles, evenly spaced and impossible to miss — …
After Morsi’s Ousting, Egypt Swears in New President, Cracks Down on the Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt’s sudden military-enforced transition from the reign of former President Mohamed Morsi continued on Thursday as Adli Mansour was sworn in as interim president while the security crackdown on Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood …
Schadenfreude in the Arab World: Middle East Reacts to Morsi’s Ouster
It didn’t take long for leaders of the Middle East to weigh in on the fall of Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi and the political blow to the Muslim Brotherhood
Adli Mansour: Who is Egypt’s New Interim Leader?
For more than 20 years, Adli Mansour served in relative obscurity as deputy chief justice of the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court. Two days ago he assumed the post of chief justice. Now he has just been catapulted to the …
An Elected President Has Been Deposed: Egypt’s Party Looks Premature
Coups don’t have a history of turning out well, and the one that deposed Mohamed Morsi probably won’t be an exception
Egypt’s Military Ousts President Morsi, Angering His Islamist Supporters
After days of mounting speculation and brinkmanship, the Egyptian army carried out its threat to end the country’s crippling ideological divide by ousting President Mohamed Morsi — just over one year after he was inaugurated
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