Eurasia Review | Rights Group Urges Egypt to Halt Executions of 6 Men ABC News A rights group is urging Egypt to halt the execution of six men condemned to death by a military tribunal for killing security forces, citing lawyers and family who contend some of them were in jail at the time of the attack. New York-based Human ... Egypt: Halt Executions of Six Men Rights group urges retrial for 6 convicted before Egypt military tribunal Egypt police raid radio station, detain rights advocate |
Wall Street Journal | Obama Reconciles With Egypt Wall Street Journal Yet Mr. Sisi also spared Egypt from the slow-rolling Islamic coup that Mr. Morsi was seeking to impose. An Islamist terror campaign continues in the Sinai Peninsula and sometimes in Egypt's cities. He has stopped Muslim assaults on Egypt's Coptic ... Regional developments and the street both draw a better future for Egypt's ... |
Obama embraces the Nixon Doctrine in Egypt Washington Post Is Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi really an ally in our ongoing struggle against Islamic jihadism and terrorism in the Middle East? That seems to be the prevailing view these days. The Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens called him a ... |
Yahoo News | Sisi says securing Yemen's key strait an Egypt priority Yahoo News Cairo (AFP) - Egypt's president said Saturday that securing the Bab al-Mandab access to the Red Sea off Yemen's coast is a top priority, nine days after Cairo joined a Saudi-led offensive against Yemeni rebels. "Securing navigation in the Red Sea and ... Egypt's Sisi stresses support for GCC, Saudi Arabia Sisi: Securing Yemen's key strait an Egypt priority El-Sisi: Egypt Will Keep Bab-el-Mandeb Open |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Egypt's Vietnam Foreign Policy (blog) In the spring of 1967, Egypt's president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, lamented to the U.S. ambassador in Cairo that the war in Yemen had become his “Vietnam.” He subsequently explained to an Egyptian historian how the conflict spiraled out of control: “I sent ... Nasser's Ghost Hovers Over Yemen Jeddah receives Egyptians fleeing Yemen: Foreign ministry Egypt to evacuate Egyptians from Yemen |
CNN | The politics of restoring Egypt's military aid Washington Post (blog) On Tuesday, President Obama called Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi and conveyed news of long-brewing decisions in the Obama administration regarding U.S. military aid to Egypt – including the release of some long-withheld arms that Egypt ... Obama lifts freeze, ships arms to Egypt Mixed Messages in Egypt's Military Aid US Resuming F-16, Tank Shipments to Egypt |
ABC News | Meet Bassem Youssef, the Jon Stewart of Egypt ABC News Power Players. Bassem Youssef is too funny for his own good. The Egyptian satirist, frequently dubbed “the Jon Stewart of Egypt,” is one of the most famous television stars the Arab world. His show "Al Bernameg” (“The Program”) is the Egyptian ... |
U.S. Ends Freeze On Military Aid To Egypt NPR Certain U.S. weapons stopped flowing to Egypt in 2013 when a democratically elected president was overthrown. Renee Montagne talks to the Tamara Cofman Wittes of the Brookings Institution. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: We turn next to Egypt and news ... |
The Daily Star | Egypt to try 48 for killing journalist, two civilians The Daily Star CAIRO: Egypt Saturday referred to trial 48 suspects accused of shooting dead a journalist, a boy and a Christian woman during clashes last year between Islamist protesters and police. Mayada Ashraf, who worked for privately owned Al-Dustour newspaper, ... Egypt refers 48 Morsi supporters to court over violence charges |
Irish Times | Egypt Court Begins Retrial Of Hosni Mubarak Huffington Post CAIRO, April 4 (Reuters) - An Egyptian court began a retrial on Saturday of former president Hosni Mubarak and his sons for allegedly diverting public funds earmarked for the renovation of presidential palaces to upgrade family properties. Mubarak, 86 ... Former Egypt president Hosni Mubarak's retrial begins Egypt: Mubarak retrial begins in corruption case Egypt court opens Mubarak retrial in corruption case |