Security forces struggled to clamp a lid on Egypt on Thursday after hundreds of people were killed when authorities forcibly broke up camps of supporters protesting the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Mursi, in the worst nationwide bloodshed in decades. Islamists clashed with police and troops who used bulldozers, teargas and live fire
The United States hinted on Wednesday it was considering cancelling a joint military exercise with Egypt, as Secretary of State John Kerry denounced the violence in the country as “deplorable”. A U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity told the Reuters news agency that the possibility of scrapping the biennial "Bright Star" exercise
the last few minutes, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has claimed the bombing attack which injured four Israeli soldiers on the border with Lebanon last week, saying his party "will face" any further border violations by the Jewish state. The Lebanese army had claimed that the four soldiers were located 400 meters inside Lebanese territory
among the “collateral damage” victims of the ongoing violence in Egypt are the country's Coptic Christians. Living on the tentative goodwill of the Muslim majority even during the best of times, the community has been the subject of attacks and persecution over the past year, since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, and the subsequent fall
Egyptian security forces have taken complete control of Rabaa al-Adawiya square, the main protest camp set up by supporters of ousted President Mohammad Mursi, the state news agency MENA reported on Wednesday. MENA added that armed supporters of Mursi were arrested and the rest were given a safe passage. A security source said
Egypt’s interim President Adly Mansour declared a month-long state of emergency as the country fell into nationwide bloody violence. A presidency statement said the emergency state would begin at 4 p.m. and ordered the armed forces to help the Interior Ministry enforce security. The exceptional measures came as “the security and order of
Egypt’s Vice President Mohammad ElBaradei resigned on Wednesday saying he couldn’t bear the responsibility for decisions he disagreed with. ElBaradei’s resignation came after more than one hundred people were killed in a crackdown by security forces to clear protests by supporters of ousted President Mohammad Mursi. In a resignation letter to Interim President Adly
Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi have reportedly been lashing out at Christian targets, besides confronting the government. In Fayoum, in Upper Egypt, pro-Morsi supporters set fire to a Christian youth center located next to the Muslim youth center where they had been protesting, according to a report on Ahram Arabic cited by
Al-Mayadeen network reported Tuesday that former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi threatened to go on a hunger strike if his supporters are forcibly removed from squares in Cairo, where they are staging sit-ins. The Hezbollah affiliated Lebanese network said that Morsi made this threat to the guards who have been detaining him. He reportedly added
The main suspected behind the 2009 bombing in a popular Cairo tourist street market has been arrested, Egyptian authorities said on Tuesday. A security source said the suspect was arrested in the province of Beni Suef, Egypt’s Akhbar al-Youm newspaper reported. The suspect, identified as Khaled Abu al-Khair, was found with two passports,
