By Robert D. Kaplan Chaos is sweeping the Arab world. Tunisia is in political disarray and can barely control its borders. Libya hardly exists: Tripoli is not the capital of a country but the weak point of arbitration for tribes … read more
Gunmen in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday killed a politician who was a member of parliament during the era of autocrat Hosni Mubarak, security sources said. Attackers in a car fired four bullets at Abdel Hamid Silmi as he left … read more
One person died and at least 35 were wounded during clashes between the supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Morsi in Alexandria, Egypt’s second-largest city. Demonstrators in a march supporting Morsi were involved in scuffles with army supporters in … read more
Unrest in Egypt could turn into “all-out bloodshed” in coming days if efforts to find a political solution fail, U.S. Senator John McCain warned on Tuesday during a visit to Cairo. “Oh my God, I didn’t know it was this … read more
Two Al Qaeda members have been arrested at the Cairo airport, airport authorities report. The two had arrived from Istanbul with ”4 suitcases containing military uniforms and pistols” and a message from Ayman Al-Zawahiri on their laptop containing ”instructions to … read more
An Egyptian officer was shot dead and two others were injured by Jihadists in Egypt’s el-Arish city, according to Egyptian security sources. A security official told Ma’an that an army officer was shot in his waist while he was stationed … read more
Egyptian security forces on Monday deactivated three powerful homemade bombs outside a hospital in the province of Qalyubia, north of Cairo, and foiled an attack on a bank in the Mediterranean coastal city of Port Said. The bombs were found … read more
The Muslim Brotherhood has rejected pleas from international envoys to “swallow the reality” that Mohammad Mursi will not return as Egypt’s president, the Brotherhood spokesman said on Monday. The envoys, trying to resolve a political crisis brought on by the … read more
Egyptian security forces stopped three militant cells that were planning to assassinate high Egyptian officials including Defense Minister Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei, Israel News reported Aug. 6, citing the Kuwaiti paper Alrai. read more
U.S. President Barack Obama has agreed to meet with Muslim Brotherhood representatives at the White House, sources told Egypt Independent. Obama would reportedly meet with Brotherhood officials to “hear their opinion” on developments in Egypt, in the presence of Turkish … read more