Egypt’s highest security body warned Sunday that the clock is ticking for a peaceful end to the standoff over sit-ins by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, suggesting that authorities will break up the protests unless mediation efforts produce results … read more
Prosecutors in 6 October City are investigating 37 Mohamed Morsy supporters after they allegedly joined clashes outside Egyptian Media Production City late Friday which left tens injured. Supporters of the ousted president have been staging sit-ins and marches demanding the … read more
Egypt’s Interior Ministry warned supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday for a second time to abandon their protest camps as a senior U.S. diplomat met with officials on both sides of the country’s political divide. U.S. Deputy Secretary … read more
In his first interview since the overthrow of president Mohammed Morsi last month, Egypt’s top general sharply criticized the U.S. response, accusing the Obama administration of disregarding the Egyptian popular will and providing insufficient support amid threats of a civil … read more
Egypt’s Orthodox Church denied that an attempt to assassinate Pope Tawadros II had been thwarted. “We reassure everyone that his Holiness Pope Tawadros II is fine, and the stories published on news websites and satellite channels [of his assassination] are … read more
Some 179 detained supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi have gone on hunger strike, lawyer Ali Kamal said late Friday. The Muslim Brotherhood lawyer said Morsi supporters who are detained in a Cairo prison have announced a hunger strike in … read more
Thousands of supporters of toppled President Mohamed Morsy staged a march after Friday prayers from al-Estiqama Mosque in Giza to al-Nahda Square. Protesters chanted pro-Morsy and anti-military slogans like “We love you Morsy,” and “Down with military rule.” Professor at … read more
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters to abandon democracy and seek to govern through the full implementation of Islamic law. In a 15-minute recording posted on Islamist websites on Saturday, Zawahri also criticised Islamists … read more
Egyptian police fired tear gas on Friday to disperse supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood who the Interior Ministry said had blocked traffic near a television production complex outside the capital, Cairo. A ministry statement gave no details on the size … read more
Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood and supporters staged fresh defiant rallies in Egypt following government orders to disband. Most demonstrations remained peaceful, except for clashes at Media Production City complex on Friday. Egypt health ministry has announced 23 people injured in … read more