Reuters | Militants attack church and police in Egypt, one policeman dead Reuters CAIRO/ISMAILIA (Reuters) - Islamist militants hit Egypt's two largest cities on Sunday with a bombing in Cairo and an attack on a church in Alexandria, leaving one policeman dead and seven people wounded, security sources said. In a separate incident ... 1 dead after explosion hits bridge in Egypt Cairo bomb blast kills Egypt policeman Egypt says after deadly blast that 'terror' chief shot |
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 ... Sisi says securing Yemen's key strait an Egypt priority Regional developments and the street both draw a better future for Egypt's ... Sissi says securing Yemen's key strait an Egypt priority |
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 ... |
JURIST | Egypt prosecutor refers 187 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to military court JURIST [JURIST] An Egyptian prosecutor referred 187 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to a military court on Sunday. The supporters are accused of killing police officers while storming a Maghagha police station in the southern province of Minya in August 2013 ... Egypt refers 187 Brotherhood supporters to military court: prosecutor |
Ahram Online | Egypt: Halt Executions of Six Men Human Rights Watch (New York) – Six men face execution in Egypt after being convicted by a military court, despite evidence that some were in detention at the time of the crimes. Egyptian authorities should stay the executions and send the men's case for retrial before a ... Rights Group Urges Egypt to Halt Executions of 6 Men Rights group urges retrial for 6 convicted before Egypt military tribunal What we know about Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis |
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 Egypt to evacuate Egyptians from Yemen Egypt begins evacuation of citizens in Yemen |
New York Times | 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 ... Mixed Messages in Egypt's Military Aid US Resuming F-16, Tank Shipments to Egypt US releases military aid to Egypt, cites national security |
ValueWalk | Q&A: White House Restoring Military Aid To Egypt ValueWalk The White House announced on Tuesday that it was restoring military aid to Egypt which had been frozen since the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013 pending the completion of a democratic transition in Egypt. Below, Ahram Online answers ... |
Tourists are trickling back to Egypt Washington Post “Welcome to Cairo.” “Happy New Year!” “Where are you from? Germany?” “Happy Valentine's Day!” “Welcome to Alaska!” “No? Welcome, America!” Egypt was delighted to see me. So overjoyed, in fact, that Egyptians couldn't contain themselves. |
Ahram Online | Securing interests: Egypt in Yemen Ahram Online Egypt is taking part in the ten-member Arab coalition that has intervened in Yemen against the Houthis and Armed Forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. When Operation Decisive Storm began the Foreign Ministry denied any Egyptian ... Egypt's Vietnam: Why Egyptians are Opposed to a War in Yemen Hegazy flies to Saudi Arabia to attend conference |