Avenging Its Christians, Egypt Bombs Libya in First Formal Campaign Since 1991
Feb 16, 2015 The murder by Islamic State (Daesh) thugs in Sirte, Libya, of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians this weekend has provoked the first formal Egyptian military incursion into another state’s territory since the 1991 Gulf War.
Can Tony Blair Mess Up Egypt Even Worse?
Jul 3, 2014 Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has agreed to advise the government of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
Putinism in Cairo? The Rise of the Russian Model
Feb 15, 2014 Vladimir Putin on Thursday hailed the possibility of a run for the presidency of Egypt by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the architect of the July 3 coup against the elected Muslim Brotherhood government.
Obama ‘Concerned’ by Events in Egypt (Video)
Aug 15, 2013 In response to the massacre of more than 500 Egyptians by the country's military, President Obama said Thursday that he "deplore[s] violence against civilians" but made no indication he would suspend military aid.
Egypt’s Dark Future
Jul 9, 2013 What's happening in Egypt is not a second revolution or a "correction" to the first. It is a coup d'etat that puts the military as firmly in command as it was during the autocratic reign of Hosni Mubarak.
‘When Is a Military Coup Not a Military Coup?’
Jul 5, 2013 "For the first time in the history of the world, a coup is not a coup," Robert Fisk writes in The Independent. "The army take over, depose and imprison the democratically elected president, suspend the constitution, arrest the usual suspects, close down television stations and mass their armour in the streets of the capital." But the American president does not name it as so.
