David D. Kirkpatrick
Monday, June 9, 2014 - 06:57
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pledges to work for security and stability in Egypt and the region in his swearing-in address.
Monday, May 26, 2014 - 16:57
But if the scene in Banha illustrates why Mr. Sisi is sure to win this week, it may also illuminate the growing challenges he will face if he hopes to achieve a durable stability, in part because his decision to run for president has already diminished his claim to be above the political fray.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 06:56
Each side in the battle has claimed to be the legitimate defenders of the weak Libyan state; Mr. Heftar grandly calls his band “the Libyan National Army.”
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 05:47
The riot police were dispersing a demonstration by hundreds of students of Al-Azhar University that began late Monday when someone in a passing vehicle opened fire, state media reported.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 06:16
His pseudo-journalistic reports were part of an accelerated propaganda campaign distributed on the Internet and aimed at helping the Qaeda affiliate here win a battle for hearts and minds that the group sees as increasingly vital to its survival.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 08:19
As word spread like wildfire on Twitter and Facebook that Nigerian militants were preparing to auction off more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls in the name of Islam, a very different Internet network started quietly buzzing too.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 06:03
His remarks, in the second part of a lengthy interview with two talk show hosts, was his first public confirmation that he had discussed the prospect of a military takeover with American officials in the days before it was carried out.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 08:07
Egypt’s interim president, Adly Mansour, has said in public letters to the journalists’ families that he hoped they were soon released.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 12:21
The wreckage of similar towns across the North Sinai, many with a far less certain connection to extremism, tells the story of a crackdown so sweeping that even ardent supporters of the military say it risks spreading sympathy for the militants it is hunting.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 09:18
“Their view of Mr. Obama is that his entire understanding is wrong,” said Mustafa Alani, an analyst at the Geneva-based Gulf Research Center who is close to the Saudi monarchy. “