Clashes broke out in Tahrir Square between protesters and Egyptian security forces early on Wednesday morning, as police fired tear gas. Live images of the Square showed protesters forming small groups and scuffles starting up. There was no obvious other move by the police to clear the camp, however. The demonstrators had
Islam Massoud’s funeral laid bear the political feud in Egypt that caused his death. It was mostly Muslim Brotherhood supporters who turned out to pay their respects to the teenager, killed in the Nile Delta town of Damanhour when he went out to support President Mohammed Mursi and the Islamist group that stands behind
The U.S. State Dept is dancing on pins and needles in an attempt to avoid saying that “democracy” has failed in Egypt following Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s latest power grab, which bars the judiciary from challenging his decisions. Morsi’s Islamic fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood party, outlawed in the days of Hosni Mubarak, was elected in
Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Mursi was to meet with senior judges on Monday in a bid to defuse a crisis that erupted after he assumed sweeping new powers, sparking strikes and deadly protests. The crisis talks, on the eve of rival rallies which threaten to deepen the country's divisions, come a day after a
Thousands of Egyptians turned out on Monday for the funeral of an activist who died overnight after he was critically injured in clashes near Cairo’s Tahrir Square last week. Gaber Salah, a member of the April 6 movement known by his nickname “Jika,” was hurt in confrontations between police and protesters on Mohammed Mahmud
A young Islamist on Sunday became the first casualty since Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi’s constitutional declaration last week. Islam Fathi Mohammed, reported to be 15, died after clashes with protesters outside a local Muslim Brotherhood office in the Nile Delta. “Islam Fathi Mohammed was killed” in clashes outside the Brotherhood headquarters in the
A senior member of Egypt’s former militant Islamist group al-Gamaa al-Islamiya has warned that liberal politicians and intellectuals who oppose President Mohammed Mursi’s latest constitutional declaration could face a campaign of targeted assassinations starting from December. Nageh Ibrahim, the ideologue of the Gamaa al-Islamiya, which took up arms against ousted president Hosni Mubarak's regime
Gunfire from Syria hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights overnight close to an Israeli military vehicle monitoring the ceasefire line but causing no injuries, the military said on Monday. “There was gunfire near an Israeli military vehicle which was driving along the security fence,” a military spokeswoman said, adding the incident had occurred late on
Defense Minister Ehud Barak is quitting politics. In a dramatic announcement, he said he decided to end his career and claimed successes as Defense Minister, a post he will leave when the next government is formed after the January 22 elections. However, he still could be appointed as Defense Minister without being in
You can call him “Morsillini,” if you concur with what Twitter users are nicknaming the Egyptian president following a recent power-consuming decree announced by the leader. A portmanteau of Mursi and Mussolini, the new tag is just one example of how Mursi’s decree on Thursday drew fire from international commentators. With the “revolutionary
