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Egypt's Crisis Across the Border With Libya - New York Times Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:35:57 GMT

New York Times

Egypt's Crisis Across the Border With Libya New York Times Egyptian armed forces on Monday carried out a predawn airstrike in Libya in response to the beheading of as many as 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by the Islamic State, the extremist group also known as ISIS or ISIL. The Egyptians attacked camps ... Egypt acts as middleman for Russia-Libya arms dealAl-Monitor Did Egypt's President Sisi Just Fall Into ISIS's Trap?Slate Magazine Pentagon claims no advance warning of Egyptian airstrikes against ISIS in LibyaFox News Breitbart News -U.S. News & World Report all 5,316 news articles »

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How Egypt Is Harming, Not Helping, The ISIS Fight - Huffington Post Sat, 21 Feb 2015 01:28:35 GMT

Wall Street Journal

How Egypt Is Harming, Not Helping, The ISIS Fight Huffington Post WASHINGTON -- Egypt's forceful response to the Islamic State's murder of Egyptian Christians in Libya this past weekend seemed to be a welcome addition to the fight against the extremist group. But observers say Egypt's actions since then indicate ... West Rebuffs Egypt Proposals for Military Intervention in LibyaWall Street Journal Jordan, Egypt and ISIS: A tale of vengeanceAl-Arabiya Libya's 21 Christian Martyrs: 'With Their Blood, They Are Unifying Egypt'ChristianityToday.com Daily Beast -Pravda -CounterPunch all 1,000 news articles »

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Gulf Leaders Back Qatar in Its Feud With Egypt - New York Times Fri, 20 Feb 2015 01:23:32 GMT

BBC News

Gulf Leaders Back Qatar in Its Feud With Egypt New York Times CAIRO — The oil-rich Persian Gulf monarchies hinted on Thursday that they had rebalanced their allegiances as their regional umbrella group admonished Egypt, their client, for criticizing Qatar, previously ostracized by its gulf neighbors for its ... Gulf bloc backtracks on criticism of Egypt in Qatar rowYahoo News Egypt, Qatar trade barbs in dispute over Libya strikesReuters Qatar recalls envoy to Egypt in row over Libya strikesBBC News Wall Street Journal -Al-Arabiya all 290 news articles »

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Why Egypt's Bombing Raids In Libya Come As No Surprise - Huffington Post Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:57:39 GMT

Reuters

Why Egypt's Bombing Raids In Libya Come As No Surprise Huffington Post Egypt announced this week it bombed bases, training grounds and weapon caches belonging to Islamic State-allied militants in neighboring Libya. The Egyptian military said the airstrikes were in retaliation for the brutal beheading of 21 Egyptian ... Libya, Egypt ask UN to lift arms embargo to fight Islamic StateReuters Egypt's FM: We are defending ourselves in LibyaAl-Monitor US re-affirms strategic partnership with EgyptKuwait News Agency AllAfrica.com all 255 news articles »

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Mohamed Fahmy 'will do whatever it takes' to avoid returning to Egyptian jail - CBC.ca Sat, 21 Feb 2015 01:46:44 GMT

Prince George Citizen

Mohamed Fahmy 'will do whatever it takes' to avoid returning to Egyptian jail CBC.ca 29, 2013, while working for the Al Jazeera English news network, Fahmy and his colleagues, Peter Greste from Australia and Baher Mohammed of Egypt, were arrested and eventually charged with belonging to and aiding a terrorist organization, meaning the ... Canadian journalist awaiting retrial in Egypt partly blames employer for ordealPrince George Citizen Al-Jazeera Reporter in Egypt Cites Employer's 'Negligence'ABC News Irish man in Egypt prison a 'real character', says freed Al Jazeera journalistIrish Times Press TV all 314 news articles »

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Egypt Is Buying Loads of Fancy French Fighters - War is Boring Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:16:45 GMT

War is Boring

Egypt Is Buying Loads of Fancy French Fighters War is Boring It's a deal both sides desperately need. Egypt has signed an agreement with France to buy $5.9 billion worth of high-tech military gear from French companies. Cairo hopes the arms-purchase will boost its security just a year and a half after the ... Oil price slump will not stop Gulf money pouring into EgyptYahoo News UK all 35 news articles »

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Egyptian tribes shift their approach to politics - Al-Monitor Sat, 21 Feb 2015 03:25:28 GMT

Middle East Monitor

Egyptian tribes shift their approach to politics Al-Monitor With each election season in Egypt, talk gravitates toward the role played by families and tribes in the political process. This was the case for the period that preceded the revolution of Jan. 25, 2011, as well as in subsequent years. Various families ... Liberalism without democracy: the case of EgyptOpen Democracy Egypt seizes assets of 30 opposition figuresMiddle East Monitor Egypt seizes assets of opposition figures in exilewww.worldbulletin.net all 7 news articles »

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Egypt Joints the Military Effort against ISIS - Huffington Post Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:31:48 GMT

Egypt Joints the Military Effort against ISIS Huffington Post Egypt entered officially and practically the war on ISIS through the Libyan gateway this week, after Jordan stepped up its military operations against ISIS last week through the Syrian gateway. Iraq has pledged to crush ISIS on its territory, which has ... and more »

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Egypt's Resorts Safe, German Beauty Contestants Say - ABC News Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:46:16 GMT

Egypt's Resorts Safe, German Beauty Contestants Say ABC News Egyptian authorities say they are fighting a war on terror at home and abroad, but that hasn't stopped the Miss Germany beauty pageant from organizing a flashy preliminary contest near the Red Sea resort of Hurghada. Egypt's Red Sea resorts have taken ... and more »

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Qatar recalls ambassador from Egypt over Libya row - Yahoo News Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:15:51 GMT

Yahoo News

Qatar recalls ambassador from Egypt over Libya row Yahoo News Doha (AFP) - Qatar recalled its envoy to Cairo following a row over Egypt's air strikes on Islamic State group targets in Libya, where jihadists tightened their grip Thursday by seizing a university. Gunmen claiming IS affiliation seized Sirte ...