In its efforts to suppress the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s military-backed government has begun arresting foreigners — including at least one American — accused of supporting the opposition
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Lebanon Car-Bombings Latest Sign of Middle East’s Deepening Hatreds
On Aug. 23, Muslims in Lebanon’s majority Sunni city of Tripoli congregated as usual for Friday prayers. But just as the prayers ended, an enormous blast hit the al-Taqwa mosque in Abu Ali Square. Just a few minutes later, a …
Former Top Egyptian Militant Vows Peace, Warns Mubarak
Abboud el-Zomor spent 30 years in Egyptian prisons in connection with the 1981 assassination of former President Anwar Sadat. On Thursday, he smiled as he carried a silver tray with long-stemmed glasses of 7 Up into his …
Mubarak Gets Out of Jail
The deposed ruler is now under house arrest instead
Egyptian Court Orders Mubarak Released
Deposed ruler’s lawyer says he may be released as soon as Thursday
A Deadly Gamble: Egypt’s Salafists May Now Regret Support for the Military
A month ago, the Nour Party, the largest political group to emerge from the ultraconservative Salafist movement, was seen as Egypt’s kingmaker when it dramatically joined the military-led ousting of Islamist President Mohamed …
Viewpoint: Egypt No Longer Matters
It’s time for Washington to recognize that Cairo is not the center of the Arab world
Egypt’s Military Cracks Down on Muslim Brotherhood: Will Chaos Follow Killings?
Wednesday’s long-anticipated move by Egyptian security forces to violently clear a pair of Muslim Brotherhood protest sites in the capital was aimed at ending an impasse that had politically crippled the country. But the …
Egypt’s Security Forces Begin to Clear Muslim Brotherhood Sites
After weeks of street-level standoffs and multiple ultimatums, Egyptian security forces raided a pair of long-term protest sites in Cairo held by the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi early …
In Egypt, U.S. Senators Label Morsi’s Ousting a ‘Coup’ as Tension and Confusion Reigns
Cairo has always been a popular site to mediate the many disputes of the Middle East. A regional crossroads and the home of the Arab League, Egypt has hosted numerous rounds of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations as well as …
Qatar’s Geopolitical Gamble: How the Gulf State May Have Overreached
Nearly three weeks after Egypt’s military forced the country’s President Mohamed Morsi out of office and jailed him and officials of his Muslim Brotherhood party, the explosive reaction on Cairo’s streets has brought death …
Monks in Egypt’s Lawless Sinai Hope to Preserve an Ancient Library
Just as they have done for 17 centuries, the Greek Orthodox monks of St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt’s Sinai desert and the local Jabaliya Bedouins worked together to protect the monastery when the 2011 revolution thrust …
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 …