Egypt: Morsi is under house arrest and Obama orders review of U.S. aid
The Egyptian military seized power Wednesday from President Mohammed Morsi following demonstrations and days of unrest over the leadership of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood. Hundreds of thousands of...
View ArticleEgypt unrest: Morsi marchers die as army opens fire
Egyptian troops have opened fire on protesters marching in support of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, killing three and wounding dozens. The shooting came as crowds moved to the Republican Guard...
View ArticleEgypt: Violent clashes after Morsi supporters killed by army fire *videos*
Supporters and opponents of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi have clashed hours after three pro-Morsi protesters were killed by army fire. The rival groups hurled fireworks and stones at each...
View ArticleEgypt: Coptic priest killed in Sinai
Shooting could be first sectarian killing since Mohamed Morsi ousted, and comes after almost 24 hours of violence that left at least 1,100 injured Egypt’s interim president Adly Mansour meets with his...
View ArticleEgypt unrest: 40 Morsi supporters shot dead in Cairo
At least 40 people have been killed in a shooting incident in Cairo, amid ongoing unrest over the removal of Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi. The Muslim Brotherhood says its members were fired on at...
View ArticleEgypt’s day of the dead is put on hold: Fearing fresh violence, authorities...
The family of Mohammed Khair Gamal had been looking for his body for the last three days after he was shot dead. They found him at the end in the morgue at Zinhom, a place which his mother, a doctor,...
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CAIRO — Egypt is taking extreme measures to keep Mohammed Morsi hidden. It says dignitaries are helicoptered to the deposed president’s place of detention after nightfall, flying in patterns aimed at...
View ArticleWhose Side Is Obama On?
Obama interrupted a hard day of lazing around Martha’s Vineyard to denounce the “arbitrary arrests” of Muslim Brotherhood supporters and the “broad crackdown on Mr. Morsi’s associations and...
View ArticleVirginia Dar al-Hijrah Imam Affirms MB Sympathies on Facebook
For a guy who claims to have nothing to do with the Muslim Brotherhood, Imam Shaker Elsayed dedicates a surprising volume of his Facebook page to the Egyptian Islamist group. Elsayed, head of the Dar...
View ArticleEgypt jails girls over pro-Morsi demonstration
A court in Egypt has sentenced 21 female supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi to 11 years in prison. They were found guilty of multiple charges, including belonging to a terrorist group,...
View ArticleEgypt Today: Decay and The Rise of Vigilantism
The 18 days of 2011 were violent, angry and disruptive. But the reasons for those emotions and events lay within the grasp of even the most cynical of “feloul.”[ Protest of salafists to demand the...
View ArticleEgypt: Pope Tawadros rebukes Morsi over Cathedral clash
Damage caused by clashes outside St Mark’s Cathedral (08/04/13)The violence was the latest in a spate of clashes between Muslims and Christians in Egypt The leader of Egypt’s Coptic Christians has...
View ArticleDeadly violence erupts at Egypt rallies : 4 dead including one American *videos*
At least four dead, as many 160 others wounded in street battles between pro- and anti-Morsi protesters in Cairo and Alexandria. Cairo - Thousands of supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi...
View ArticleMohamed Morsi ousted in Egypt’s second revolution in two years
• President ousted as army suspends constitution • Deposed leader ‘being held by authorities in unknown location’• At least 14 people killed in clashes after announcement A polarised Egypt is facing...
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