Laura King
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:29
But they have this in common: They are being targeted by one of the most sustained and determined campaigns against dissent in modern Egyptian history, surpassing even the police-state excesses of the Mubarak years.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 07:00
Thousands of protesting university students took to the streets of Cairo on Sunday, underscoring the growing role of college campuses as a hotbed of anti-government sentiment.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 09:50
An Egyptian appeals court on Wednesday upheld a sweeping ban on the Muslim Brotherhood, in a sign of the interim government’s determination to keep heavy pressure on the Islamist movement.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 08:06
Even while Kerry was on the ground, Egyptian state media crowed that his presence showed that the United States had accepted the “irreversibility” of Morsi’s removal.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 07:33
And the current drive to eradicate the Brotherhood is proving a sapping endeavor for the country's military-backed interim administration.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 07:55
The suicide car-bombing, using an apparently stolen military vehicle, set off a fierce firefight between troops and dozens of attackers, lasting for more than an hour.
Friday, October 11, 2013 - 09:02
Counter-terrorism efforts in Sinai are among the measures that are to be spared in the U.S. military-aid cuts, which were announced Wednesday in Washington.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 08:38
Criticizing the army, the mere questioning of government policy, or expressing views that could be construed as sympathetic toward dead and detained Islamist "terrorists" has become a dangerous game.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 09:03
But in the Arab world's most populous and influential country, the many guises of piety are rarely absent from discourse.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:24
It was among the current government's most sweeping measures yet against the group, most of whose leaders have been jailed on serious charges, with thousands of its followers dead or in hiding.