As Egypt hardliners gain, scope for conflict grows
If there was any hope left that the generals who overthrew Egypt's elected president six months ago might ease the state's crackdown on dissent, a suicide bomb that ripped through…
Moderates fade from political view in polarised Egypt
Moderate has become a dirty word in Egypt. Since the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, anyone who refuses to support either side uncritically has become a traitor to both.…
Hamas in crisis as Egypt cracks down on tunnels
Hamas is feeling the squeeze of an Egyptian army crackdown on border tunnels that once served as a financial lifeline for the Palestinian Islamist group ruling the Gaza Strip. The…
Egypt struggles to revive ailing tourism badly hit by unrest
"It's all about sun, sand and sea," a waiter said of Sharm el-Sheikh. But Egypt's once-popular Red Sea resort city, like the rest of the ailing tourism sector, has been…
Egypt: risks and blunders
What were the Egyptian generals thinking when they went in for the heavy-handed crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood? That with enough force you could get the protesters off the streets…
Afraid of anarchy, Israeli lobbies for Egypt’s military
As the violence and political chaos deepen in Egypt, authorities in Israel are attempting to reconcile two new realities: relief that the Muslim Brotherhood lost power and fear that the…
With Brotherhood out, old order shapes Egypt’s future
Workers in blue overalls clamber over scaffolding around Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, whitewashing its charred walls to restore a semblance of normalcy to the corner of Cairo where the struggle for…
Obama defends US policy on Syria, Egypt
President Barack Obama on Friday addressed growing calls for US action in Syria and Egypt by insisting the country could not step in to either conflict without international backing and…
Rollback of the Egyptian revolution
Egyptian military has successfully reversed the change the 2011 pro-democracy events brought in the country. The first ever democratically-elected president of the country, Mohammad Morsi, is in prison, while more…
Turmoil raises fresh fears for Egypt’s Copts
A 60-year-old barber, Iskandar Toss, was shot dead and beheaded before his body was tied to a tractor and dragged through Delga village in the southern Egyptian province of Minya.…
