Voice of America | Israel says it intercepts rocket launch near Egypt's Sinai Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel intercepted a rocket near Egypt's Sinai Peninsula early on Tuesday, exploding it in the air over the southern Israeli city of Eilat, a military official said. No damage or injury was reported in the incident, but explosions ... Egypt Claims Aerial Strikes Against Militants in Sinai Militants dig in as Egypt cracks down on jihadi sandbox in Sinai Mohamed Morsi protest camps face closure by Egypt security forces |
Wall Street Journal | Cairo Sit-Ins Swell, Protesters Gird Wall Street Journal CAIRO—Two central Cairo protest sites swelled in size on the day Egypt's government said it could begin cracking down on Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins there, with new arrivals setting up tents and others donning helmets and building makeshift battlements. Key events in Egypt's uprising and unrest Morsy supporters hunker down and wait. Is a crackdown imminent in Egypt? What's the matter with Egypt's liberals? |
Voice of America | Egypt Protesters Defy Warning to Disperse Voice of America Egyptian authorities have warned again that a siege of anti-government encampments is imminent, but tens of thousands of demonstrators camped out in key areas of Cairo remain defiant. At the main anti-government encampment in Cairo on Monday, ... |
Christian Science Monitor | Condoleezza Rice: We cannot sanction military rule in Egypt CBS News (CBS News) Amid the possibility for new clashes between Egyptian security forces and supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice addressed the mounting tensions in a wide-ranging interview with Charlie ... Egypt Delays Plans to Clear Morsi Backers From Camps Turkey's president: Release Morsi to save Egypt Main Issues Behind Egypt's Political Stalemate |
The Guardian | police prepare to clear Cairo protest camps The Guardian Supporters of Egypt's ousted president have dug in at their two Cairo sit-ins after security officials said police would besiege the entrenched protest camps within 24 hours – perhaps as early as Monday morning. The latest development sets the stage ... |
Aljazeera.com | Egypt postpones dispersing pro-Morsi camps Aljazeera.com Egyptian authorities have postponed a move to disperse two Cairo sit-ins by supporters of the country's deposed president Mohamed Morsi, to "avoid bloodshed,'' security sources said, as Morsi's detention was extended by 15 days. Al Jazeera's Rawya ... |
Egypt police hold off on threat to evict pro-Morsi sit-ins USA TODAY CAIRO — Egypt's authorities on Monday held off on a threat to forcefully evict protest camps occupied by thousands of supporters of the ousted Muslim Brotherhood government. Security officials declared Sunday that forces would besiege two sit-ins ... |
ABC News | Protests Swell, Prompt Egypt to Postpone Dispersal ABC News Supporters of toppled President Mohammed Morsi increased the pressure on Egypt's interim leadership by defiantly flooding into two protest camps Monday, prompting police to postpone moving against the 6-week-old sit-ins because they feared a ... |
Wall Street Journal | Tensions in Egypt Rise as Crackdown on Camps Near Wall Street Journal CAIRO—Egyptian government officials said police could crack down as early as Monday on two vast camps in Cairo supporting ousted President Mohammed Morsi, a move that could lead to clashes as impassioned demonstrators hunker down in the tent ... |
No, don't cut military aid to Egypt CNN (blog) Editor's note: Khairi Abaza is a senior fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies. The views expressed are his own. The overthrow of Mohamed Morsi last month left the United States with a dilemma – should it continue to offer aid to Egypt as ... |