Egypt’s Sisi signals he will run for president
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's armed forces chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi signaled on Tuesday that he will run for president, saying he cannot ignore the "majority" of Egyptians who...
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The ‘eye sniper’ and the girl protesters: Egypt’s tale of two trials
CAIRO (Reuters) - Two high-profile Egyptian trials, both arising from years of turbulent protests, have delivered sharply contrasting sentences in the space of just a few months. In March, a...
The ‘eye sniper’ and the girl protesters: Egypt’s tale of two trials
CAIRO (Reuters) - Two high-profile Egyptian trials, both arising from years of turbulent protests, have delivered sharply contrasting sentences in the space of just a few months. In March, a...
Syrian opposition to attend Geneva peace conference
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Syrian National Coalition opposition group will attend the long-delayed "Geneva 2" talks in January aimed at ending the country's civil war, the group's president, Ahmad Jarba,...
Egypt to look beyond U.S. for arms: foreign minister
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Saturday that Egypt would look beyond the United States to meet its security needs and warned Washington that it could...
Egypt and Brotherhood should pursue reconciliation: minister
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army-backed government and the Muslim Brotherhood should seek reconciliation, a senior minister said on Tuesday, voicing a rare plea to seek compromise with a group branded...
Cairo accuses Gaza’s Hamas of training Egyptian militants
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian state television accused Palestinian Hamas on Thursday of training Egyptian Islamists in how to carry out bombings, putting more pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood, ally of...
Cairo accuses Gaza’s Hamas of training Egyptian militants
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian state television accused Palestinian Hamas on Thursday of training Egyptian Islamists in how to carry out bombings, putting more pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood, ally of...
Analysis: Egypt crackdown may not crush Brotherhood
CAIRO (Reuters) - Until Monday night, Farid Ismail was one of the few Muslim Brotherhood leaders who still answered his phone, even when many of his associates had been arrested...
As Egypt turns up heat, Brothers struggle for strategy
CAIRO (Reuters) - Behind sandbags at the Muslim Brotherhood's protest camp in Cairo, an activist urges supporters to embrace martyrdom. It is not a call to arms, but a message...