Tag: Egypt

Lebanese journalists holds placards, to show their solidarity with detained journalists by Egyptian authorities during a sit-in at the Martyrs square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday. (AP/Hussein Malla)

White House urges Egypt to free jailed Al Jazeera reporters

Meghashyam Mali · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

In this Nov. 24, 2013 photo, Ibrahim Mehlib, center, tours a government housing project in Ismailiya, Egypt. Egypt's interim president has chosen as prime minister a construction magnate from the era of ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Adly Mansour on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 named Mehlib, who had for more than a decade led Egypt's biggest construction company, Arab Contractors, to replace Hazem el-Beblawi, who resigned on Monday.(AP Photo/Khaled Kandil)

Egypt names a new premier ahead of key vote

Maggie Michael · February 25, 2014 4:21 pm

Kristol Podcast: Two Cheers For Ted Cruz

TWS Podcast · February 24, 2014 9:00 pm

Egypt’s Cabinet resigns, sets stage for presidency

Hamza Hendawi · February 24, 2014 8:07 pm

Hala Shukrallah, a 59-year-old Coptic Christian, who is the first woman elected to head an Egyptian political party speaks to The Associated Press during an interview in her house in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Shukrallah said that Egypt is not headed toward democratic rule and the military-backed authorities have little tolerance for dissent, criticizing their security crackdown that brought mass detentions and trials over the past months. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra

AP INTERVIEW: Female party head doubts Egypt path

Mariam Rizk · February 24, 2014 7:18 pm

Andrew Greste, a brother of Australian journalist Peter Greste, waits with Australian diplomats outside court as his brother and 19 other Al-Jazeera employees went on trial accused of membership in a terrorist organization and also for aiding it in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. A rights group on Thursday denounced Egypt's stand on freedom of expression as 20 employees of the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera network went on trial accused of membership in a terrorist organization and also for aiding it. (AP Photo/El Shorouk newspaper, Roger Anis) EGYPT OUT

Egypt: Al-Jazeera journalists plead not guilty

Maggie Michael · February 20, 2014 8:22 pm

Strikes challenging government spread across Egypt

Laura Dean · February 20, 2014 4:08 pm

Egyptian army bombs suspected militants in Sinai

Ashraf Sweilam · February 20, 2014 10:38 am

Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi hold his posters during a march in front of Amr Ibn Al As mosque in Cairo, Egypt, in July 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

The will of the Egyptian people should not be ignored

paul-vallely · February 20, 2014 5:00 am

Egypt’s Mubarak faces new trial over corruption

Washington Examiner · February 19, 2014 12:57 pm

Egypt police clash with Islamist backers, 2 killed

Washington Examiner · February 14, 2014 4:54 pm

In this image released on the official Facebook page of the Egyptian Military Spokesman of the Armed Forces, Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, second right, and Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, center background, prepare to depart to Moscow from a military airport, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. El-Sissi headed to Moscow on Wednesday amid reports of a $2 billion arms deal in the making that would significantly expand Russia's military influence with a key U.S. ally in the Middle East. (AP Photo/The Official Facebook Page of the Egyptian Military Spokesman of the Armed Forces)

Egypt military chief heads to Moscow in rare visit

Maggie Michael · February 12, 2014 2:59 pm