Egypt’s El-Sisi is the Third Arab Ruler in the Islamist State’s Crosshairs
Up until Wednesday, July 1, just two Arab rulers and two Arab capitals were in the sights of the Islamic
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Mohamed Morsi
How Hillary Clinton’s Master Plan for the Mid East Went Awry
Seventeen months ago, on Nov. 21, 2012, Hillary Clinton, then US Secretary of State, and the since deposed Egyptian President
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Gen. El-Sisi’s Total Control of Egyptian Intelligence Files Used to Smash Muslim Brotherhood
Late Tuesday night, August 13, when the lights went out in the office of Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi,
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Egypt’s Military Walks Away from the Obama Administration, Is Set to Erase Brotherhood
A bid by the two US senior Republican senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham to bridge the discord in Cairo
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Why is the Muslim Brotherhood in Decline in the Arab World?
Surprisingly enough, Muslim Brotherhood organizations in Egypt and Syria share a common destiny. This veteran movement appears to have reached
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Morsi’s Friends in Doha and Ankara Are Going, Going, Gone…
This week was the turn of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Edrogan to pay the price of his friendship for deposed
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Egypt’s Army Chief Flouted Obama’s Warning to Desist from Coup
Barack Obama’s meandering quest for a policy for post-revolution Egypt may best be summed up, if not pinned down, by
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Ahmad Shafik and the UAE Engineer the Egyptian Uprising
The location of Egypt’s Tamarod uprising headquarters offers a window on the forces pulling the strings behind it the popular,
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Army deposes Morsi. In TV statement, army chief names judge provisional president. Tahrir Sq. jubilant
In his tensely-awaited televised statement, Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Khalil Al-Sisi announced Wednesday night, July 3, that the head of the
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Army gives Cairo politicians 48 hours to meet “people’s demands” – implying option of military takeover
Egypt’s defense minister Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi issued a statement on behalf of the armed forces Monday, July 1, warning the politicians they
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