The arrest caps a four-month crackdown by the military-backed government
Egypt
Oscar-Worthy Documentary Shows How Egypt’s Revolution Fell Apart
When it happened, Egypt’s February 2011 revolution seemed an epochal global event. If Cairo was not the birthplace of the Arab Spring, it was its apogee. The people of the Arab world’s most populous, most important nation, …
Egypt Diplomat Says U.S. Relations In ‘Turmoil’
Laments ‘unrest’ after U.S. suspends tank, jet, and helicopter deliveries
U.S. Will Cut Aid to Egypt
The move marks a chilling of relations between the two nations
Gulf Kingdoms Throw Cash at Egypt, No Matter U.S. Aid Cuts
In the weeks following the military-backed ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, amid violent clashes between security forces and supporters of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, the Obama administration was scrutinized for its …
There Are Two Egypts and They Hate Each Other
Egypt’s latest spasm of violence over the weekend—which led to at least 57 deaths and 400 injured—confirmed the troubled nation’s new reality: The emergence of two distinct, opposed Egypts that hate each other.
One Egypt …
Six Egyptian Soldiers Killed as Violence Roils Country
Militants killed the soldiers near the Suez Canal, and a state-owned TV station in Cairo was attacked
51 Killed in New Egypt Violence
Military and Morsi supporters clash
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 …
Qatar Haunted by Its Decision to Back the Arab Spring’s Islamists
As far as snubs go, Egypt’s precipitous return of $2 billion in aid from Qatar earlier this week couldn’t have been any clearer. Then Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry turned down a Qatar Airways request to increase the …
Egypt Bans the Muslim Brotherhood, but the Islamists Are Not Finished
When President Hosni Mubarak was ousted from power in February 2011, it kicked off an extended (and some would argue well-deserved) victory lap for the Muslim Brotherhood. After decades in the shadows — alternately tolerated …
Egypt’s Mubarak Blames U.S. for His Downfall
Surreptitiously recorded by his doctor, the former Egyptian ruler speaks frankly about America, Jews, Morsi and a range of other subjects.
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 …