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Tag Archives: Egypt
Egypt
Egypt – Political tensions grow as former ambassador to US is appointed foreign minister
Afghanistan
The Egyptian doctor who globalized his caliphate crusade
Afghanistan
Secret US effort aims to help dissidents – report
Egypt
Egyptian intelligence detained an Israeli man for “spying on Egypt with the aim of harming its economic and political interests.” The Israeli was identified as Ilan Chaim Grabel and is said to work for Mossad.
Egypt
As Islamists flex muscle, Egypt’s Christians despair
Egypt
Egypt – Interior minister blames security gap on officers’ fear of facing prosecution
Egypt
Egypt’s economy slows to a crawl; revolt is tested
Egypt
Tunisia postpones election, possibly aiding new parties
Egypt
The US is pressuring Egypt’s security services to re-arrest members of terrorist groups who escaped or were released from prisons during the uprisings this spring. Egypt and Hamas agreed to allow 550 people to cross into Gaza a day.
Egypt
The government has recognized the Muslim Brotherhood as a legal political party that is able to participate in upcoming parliamentary elections. The Muslim Brotherhood’s party is being called the Freedom and Justice Party.
Egypt
Dispute grows as Egyptian gas is still not flowing to Israel
Egypt
The new Egypt
Egypt
Egypt’s Christians fear violence as changes embolden Islamists
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia scrambles to limit region’s upheaval
Egypt
Egypt to open border with Gaza, in the face of Israeli objections
Egypt
Former President Hosni Mubarak will be tried for “pre-meditated killing” of protesters during anti-government demonstrations this year. His two sons have also been referred to the court. More than 800 Egyptians are said to have been killed before Mubarak ceded power on Feb. 11.
Iraq
The hot-money cowboys of Baghdad
Al Qaeda
New alleged al Qaeda tape slams NATO actions
Bahrain
Promise of Arab uprisings is threatened by divisions
Bahrain
For US, matching moral and financial support for revolts proves difficult
Egypt
Muslim-Christian clashes erupt at Egyptian church
Egypt
‘In Egypt we need strong leadership. At the moment that’s the generals’
Egypt
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood poised to prosper in post-Mubarak new era
US designates Palestinian Salafist group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Jaish al Islam, or Army of Islam, “subscribes to a Salafist ideology of global jihad together with the traditional model of armed Palestinian resistance.”
United States
Power shifts on foreign-policy team
Egypt
Syria Christians fear for religious freedom
NATO
US falls out of favor with NATO ally
Tunisia
Many fear revival of Islamist party in Tunisia
Egypt
The Egyptian Islamic Group said it would hold a million-man protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demand the release of Omar Abdel Rahman, its spiritual leader, who is serving a life term in a US prison. Rahman was convicted for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.