The New Yorker | Egypt Is in Trouble, and Not Just from ISIS The New Yorker Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, a wilderness of deserts and raw mountains about the size of West Virginia, is famed for its Biblical history, Bedouin tribal life, and Red Sea resorts. But, now that the Islamic State's caliphate in Iraq and Syria has been ... Egypt mosque attack witnesses recall scenes of horror How an Egyptian village became a target of the Islamic State Egypt's Sufis will stay indoors to mark birth of prophet Muhammad ... |
Aljazeera.com | Egypt court drops citizenship case against Ayman Nour Aljazeera.com An Egyptian court has dropped a case against prominent opposition leader Ayman Nour that sought to strip him of his citizenship. The veteran opposition leader told Al Jazeera that the case against him was politically motivated and that it never had a ... |
USA TODAY | Egypt tries to recover from mosque attack, but vows to respond USA TODAY In the days following Friday's assault — the deadliest militant attack in modern Egyptian history — the military carried out airstrikes against hideouts used by terrorists believed to be behind the attack, the military said Sunday in a statement. The ... Egypt mosque attack survivor: I hid under dead bodies - CNN What Trump ought to learn from a terror attack in Egypt ISIS Warned Egypt Village To Stop Sufi Gatherings Days Before Killing Hundreds in Mosque |
Aljazeera.com | Egypt-Ethiopia tensions over new dam rise again Aljazeera.com The controversial project has strained relations between the two nations, because Egypt, which lies downstream, sees it as a risk to its water supply from the Blue Nile. Al Jazeera's Mohammed Vall has visited the site of the $5bn project, which will ... |
Department of Defense | Attack in Egypt Highlights Need for US Involvement in Region, Official Says Department of Defense WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2017 — The Nov. 24 attack on an Egyptian mosque in northern Sinai that killed at least 305 men, women and children is an example of why the United States must remain involved in the Middle East, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. |
MSNBC | House Dem blasts Trump's response to deadly attack in Egypt MSNBC The attack in Egypt's North Sinai on Friday was gut-wrenching. As Reuters reported, gunmen “in military-style uniforms and masks” appeared in a mosque's doorway and at windows, opened fire on worshipers, and killed more than 300 people, including ... Donald Trump Has Been Called An Idiot, Again, For His Egypt Attack ... Dem lawmaker: Trump 'an idiot' for using Egypt mosque attack to ... Congressman calls Trump 'an idiot' for using Egypt mosque attack to ... |
Al-Monitor | Does Egypt need an animal welfare law? Al-Monitor CAIRO — The Egyptian Veterinarians Syndicate announced in a press statement Oct. 30 that it is in the process of drafting provisions for what it hopes will become Egypt's first animal welfare law. Many Egyptians wonder whether parliament will even ... |
Richmond.com | Editorial: The heinous slaughter at a mosque in Egypt Richmond.com There is something grotesque about the fact that the militants who attacked worshipers at a mosque in Egypt shouted “Allahu akbar!” - God is great - as they systematically slaughtered more than 300 innocent men, women, and children. The enormity would ... |
Newsweek | Egyptian Government Now Copying Trump By Bashing 'Deplorable' CNN Newsweek The latest example came on Sunday when Ahmed Abu Zeid, the spokesman for Egypt's foreign affairs ministry, called CNN "deplorable" for its follow-up coverage of the mosque attack in Sinai on Friday, when 305 people were killed and 128 wounded by ... Egypt's government follows Trump's example with a Trumpian tweet attacking CNN |
PRI | Tourists are returning to Egypt after years of staying away PRI It's around midday in Cairo's Khan el-Khalili bazaar and Ahmed Ashour is tending to two tourists who are trying out a range of Egyptian perfume oils that he sells in his shop. In the end they walk away without buying anything, but Ashour doesn't look ... |