The bad news for Egypt is that the deadly turmoil that has gripped the streets of some of the country’s main cities since last Friday threatens to grow worse in the months ahead. That’s because President Mohamed Morsi’s plans …
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‘No Glimmers of Hope’: Two Years After Egypt’s Revolution, an Economic Crisis Looms
Ramadan Khalaf Amin, 24, a microbus driver who earns the equivalent of $4.50 a day, is one of the myriad faces of the Egyptian revolution the world does not know. “I was going down to Tahrir the whole time,” Amin remembers of …
Jordan Is Living Dangerously as Syria Burns
King Abdullah of Jordan had hoped next week’s parliamentary elections would be the jewel in the crown of a reform process designed to inoculate the Kingdom from the fever of political rebellion raging across the region. Little …
While U.S. Recognizes Syrian Opposition, It Designates One Anti-Assad Group as ‘Terrorist’
One of the most effective anti-Assad militias has just been designated a “terrorist” organization by the U.S. Will that help or hobble the exiled opposition’s attempt to take control of the fight against the regime in Damascus?
The New Battle for Egypt
Egyptians take sides and take to the streets as President Mohamed Morsi assumes emergency powers he says are necessary to help pass a constitution
Why the Military Is Unlikely to Intervene in Egypt’s Messy Power Struggle
The generals never enjoyed their time at the top of the post-Mubarak era. And looking at the political chaos in Egypt, who can blame them?
Morsi’s Moment
Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi: Peacemaker, savior, tyrant?
How the Gaza Truce Makes Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood a Peace Player
The truce reflects a transformation in the region, reflecting the participation of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood in the status quo and perhaps the beginning of the rehabilitation of Hamas
Jordan’s Survival Strategy Hits a Wall: Tightening Funds Make It Hard to Buy Support
Jordan’s King Abdullah II and the foreign powers most invested in his political survival will be hoping that his country isn’t about to demonstrate Trotsky’s maxim that all revolutions are impossible until they become inevitable. …
Syria Opposition Factions Balk at U.S.-Backed Unity Plan, But Keep Talking
Can Foreign Intervention Forge a New Syrian Leadership?
The U.S. wants to reshape Syria’s opposition. But there is no guarantee the plan will work
Dangerous Tahrir: The Vicious Circles in the Square
TIME’s reporter ponders hysteria and the madness of crowds after helping to save a colleague during another groping incident in Cairo
The Qatar Conundrum: The Emirate That Arms Syria’s Rebels Also Embraces Hamas
Mindful of its declining appetite for projecting power in the Middle East, the U.S. is relying on more activist partners in the region such Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey to arm the Syrian rebellion. But Tuesday’s visit to Gaza …