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Egypt reached a ceasefire agreement with radical Salafist organizations in the Sinai peninsula. President Morsi proposed a new peace initiative for Syria. Egypt’s attorney general referred an anti-Islamist lawmaker for investigation.

An Egyptian court convicted 76 people for the attack on the Israeli embassy last year; 75 of those convicted received a suspended one-year sentence. A presidential delegation met with Islamist extremists in Sinai in an apparent attempt to broker a deal over militant attacks.

Egypt reopened a border crossing with Gaza, signaling improved relations with Hamas. Egypt has closed 120 smuggling tunnels across the border as part of the recent military operations in Sinai.

Crowds rallied in Cairo, Alexandria, and elsewhere to protest the power of Egypt’s new president and his party, the Muslim Brotherhood. A crowd of about 1,000 protesters in Alexandria was attacked by a mob with sticks and knives; several people were injured. President Morsi outlawed the pretrial detention of a newspaper editor who had been […]

The chief editor of a private Egyptian newspaper was jailed for insulting President Morsi and “spreading lies.” The newspaper has criticized Morsi’s party, the Muslim Brotherhood. Last month, Egypt’s Shura Council, which is dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, reshuffled editorial posts at some 50 state-owned news outlets.

Egypt’s government planned to cut the powers of the country’s judicial system. Hamas said it would cooperate with Egypt to restore order in the Sinai peninsula. Hamas arrested members of Salafist groups in Gaza.

An Islamic militant group warned Egypt not to send its army into Sinai to hunt jihadists. Egypt’s new second-in-command of the military has said US troops should leave the Middle East.

President Mohamed Morsi’s firing of military leaders was interpreted as a political strategy. The US said it was not surprised by the reshuffle. Egypt reopened its border with Gaza. An Egyptian court sentenced 14 people to death for an attack on a police station in North Sinai last year.

Egypt’s newly elected president fired a number of military leaders, including the defense minister and army chief of staff, and appointed new leaders. He also suspended a constitutional decree that had given the military authority to govern. Egyptian forces continued their attacks against militants in the Sinai.

Egypt arrested nine Islamic militants suspected of involvement in an attack that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers. Tribal leaders in the Sinai peninsula have agreed to help the Egyptian army restore security in the area.