Tag: Egypt

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US embassy employee detained in Egypt

Maggie Hyde · February 12, 2014 11:57 am

3 years after Mubarak, reports of abuses in Egypt

Maggie Michael · February 11, 2014 9:10 pm

Private Egypt TV airs video of journalists’ arrest

Hamza Hendawi · February 3, 2014 4:21 pm

Iraqi Christians pray during a Christmas mass at Virgin Mary Chaldean Church in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Rise of radical Islam made life worse for Christians in 2013, with more to come in 2014

Ashe Schow · February 2, 2014 5:00 am

Libyan PM visits Egypt following kidnapping crisis

Maggie Hyde · February 1, 2014 5:57 pm

A supporter of the head of Egypt's military, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, wearing a t-shirt with his image, scuffles with a Muslim Brotherhood lawyer, Ahmed Kamel, after she struck him outside a makeshift courtroom at the national police academy, in an eastern suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. The trial of Egypt's ousted president, Mohammed Morsi and 14 others also accused of inciting the killing of protesters resumed on Saturday. The trial is one of four Morsi and top leaders of his Muslim Brotherhood face with the charges levelled against them mostly carrying the death penalty. (AP Photo/Ahmed Omar)

Trial of Egypt’s ousted leader resumes

Hamza Hendawi · February 1, 2014 4:56 pm

An UNESCO delegation member records the damage of the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. The U.N. agency visited the museum where centuries-old artifacts were destroyed by a bombing that also ripped through the nearby Cairo police headquarters a week ago. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

UNESCO team ‘shocked’ at Egypt Islamic museum loss

Mariam Rizk · January 31, 2014 9:19 pm

This screen grab taken on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 shows the Facebook page of The Revolutionaries of Bani Suef, an activist group, whose administrator was arrested by Egyptian security forces. The Interior Ministry on Thursday said 11 Muslim Brotherhood members accused of running Facebook pages inciting violence against the police, moving the crackdown on the group into social media.(AP Photo via Facebook) ONE TIME USE

Egypt arrests 11 Islamists for Facebook activity

Maggie Michael · January 30, 2014 8:58 pm

Egypt to put 20 Al-Jazeera journalists on trial

SARAH EL DEEB · January 29, 2014 9:02 pm

In this image taken from Egypt State TV, Egypt's toppled President Mohammed Morsi stands inside a glass-encased metal cage in a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 28. 2014. Morsi was, separated from other defendants for the start of a new trial Tuesday over charges from prison breaks during the country's 2011 revolution, state television reported. (AP Photo/Egyptian State TV)

A more-controlled Morsi appears in Egyptian court

SARAH EL DEEB · January 28, 2014 9:07 pm

Egyptian military backs army chief for president

Maggie Michael · January 27, 2014 9:02 pm

In this image made from video broadcast on Egyptian State Television, Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour speaks at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Egypt's interim president says he is amending the country's transitional plan to allow for presidential elections before parliamentary polls. According to Egypt's new constitution, the presidential vote is to be held before the second half of April, 2014. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television)

Egypt set to have presidential elections first

SARAH EL DEEB · January 26, 2014 9:29 pm