New York Times | Egypt Lifts a Junior Corps Impatient Over Military Failure New York Times CAIRO — In his purge of Egypt's top generals, President Mohamed Morsi leaned on the support of a junior officer corps that blamed the old guard for a litany of problems within the military and for involving the armed forces too deeply in the country's ... Egypt's Morsi defies predictions How Egypt's Morsi ended the military's role in politics Egypt president's tricky game of power |
The Daily Star | Sinai Crisis Gives Israel, Egypt and Hamas a Common Enemy Bloomberg Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi was so riled by the Ramadan attack that he ordered fierce counterstrikes on suspected terrorist sites. He then forced out senior security officials including the intelligence chief, the military chief of staff and, most ... Armed men attack checkpoint in Egypt's Sinai |
Haaretz | Frustrated Hamas seeks light at end of Egyptian tunnel Reuters GAZA (Reuters) - The Islamist group Hamas, stunned by Egypt's closure of its border with Gaza, said on Monday the new Islamist leadership in Cairo was imposing the same pain on the Palestinian enclave as ousted former president, Hosni Mubarak. Gazans hope for easing of Egypt's clampdown on smuggling tunnels Egypt to ease Gaza border closure - Palestinians |
The National | Egypt expects Qatar deposit within a week: minister Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Qatar should deposit $500 million in Egypt's central bank within a week, the Egyptian finance minister said, as the country battles to pull its economy out of a tailspin after 18 months of political turmoil. The Gulf emirate said on ... US Vows $ 50 Million for Egypt to Support State Budget Qatar Grants Egypt $2 Billion Loan Qatar offers Egypt $2bn loan package |
Egypt's President Morsi ousts top military officers Washington Post Aug. 13, 2012 - In an on-going power struggle, Egypt's new Islamist president forced out the head of the military. In addition, President Mohammed Morsi also cancelled new constitutional amendments that had given top generals wide powers. (/CBS News) ... |
Film shows Egypt's "Winter of Discontent" spark hope Chicago Tribune The film trails an activist, a journalist and a state security officer in 2009 and the way they converge two years later during Egypt's 18-day "Arab Spring" uprising against Mubarak and his widely hated state security apparatus. In an interview with ... |
CBC.ca | Egyptian troops kill 6 suspects in Sinai border incident MiamiHerald.com AL JORA, Egypt -- Egyptian police and soldiers on Sunday killed six people here suspected of participating a week ago in the deadliest attack on Egyptian troops since the 1973 war with Israel. It was the first confirmed strike by authorities in an ... Egypt forces fight Sinai militants, five dead Egypt launches deadly Sinai raid Egypt says 7 suspected militants killed in Sinai |
Egypt president sweeps out army rulers Reuters The armed forces, which had supplied Egypt's presidents for six decades after ousting the monarchy, have shown no sign of challenging the move announced late on Sunday, though a senior judge did speak up on Monday to question Mursi's right to act. |
Egypt military signals support for president The Associated Press Egypt's official news agency quoted an unnamed military official late Sunday as saying there has been no "negative reaction" from within the military. And a day after the orders, no unusual military movements were detected anywhere across the nation. |
PMO denies reports PM denounced Egypt firings Jerusalem Post Israel's official silence Monday on the sacking of the military leadership in Egypt the day before did not keep the Egyptian media from quoting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as saying that the forced ouster of defense minister Mohamed Hussein ... |