Mohamed Morsi

June 24, 2012: When Middle Eastern reality changed overnight - opinion

The Middle East teaches time and again that radical forces do not disappear on their own. Sometimes time actually strengthens them. Sometimes it grants them resources, legitimacy, and capabilities

SUPPORTERS OF Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi celebrate his victory at the election at Tahrir Square in Cairo, in 2012.
Illustrative image of former Hamas leaders Yahya and Mohammed Sinwar.

Hamas items, including Sinwar's battle plans on display at new intelligence center exhibit

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Egyptian security forces arrest senior staff members of rights group

Egypt’s intangibles

Egypt’s intangibles: Morsi to Sisi to the pyramids to an LGBTQ refugee


Ex-President Morsi beats death penalty, sentenced by Egypt court to 20 years in prison

Morsi, who was held on charges of inciting the murders of Egyptian protesters, faced a possible death sentence.

Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi gestures after his trial behind bars at a court in the outskirts of Cairo

Egypt's ousted president Morsi, awaits trial, faces death penalty

The court will decide on Tuesday if Morsi is guilty of inciting the killing of protesters during demonstrations in 2012. The charge could lead to the death penalty but an execution could turn Morsi into a martyr and embolden Islamists.

Mouhamad Morsi

Egypt’s fight against terror

A look into what Egypt is doing to stop the swarm of terror attacks in the country.

Families of Egyptian Coptic Christians workers kidnapped in Libya call for their release in Cairo, January 19, 2015

Egypt's Morsi faces death sentence, but decision tempered by risk of greater violence

Morsi faces charges of inciting murder of protesters, espionage and escaping prison.

Mouhamad Morsi

Erdogan: Egypt must free Morsi before it can restore ties with Turkey

Turkish president's slams Sisi for treatment of political prisoners.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Egypt announces plans for new capital city amid signals of renewed Gulf ties

The unnamed city is linked to ruler of Dubai's adviser whose company will break ground on the project and whose ruler pledged funds to Sisi's government after its 2013 coup.

Construction (illustrative).

Car bomb attack on Sinai police station reportedly leaves 6 wounded

Security sources say, two cars exploded when troops fired at them after drivers refused to stop near a police station in the Northern Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid.

An Egyptian soldier keeps guard on the border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip

Egypt investigating 600 who traveled abroad for connections to Islamic State

Security authorities are also reportedly investigating 5 suspected Egyptians who trained with Islamic State and returned from Syria to carry out terrorist attacks.

An Islamic State fighter carries the group’s flag in Raqqa, north-central Syria.

Egyptian court defends death sentences, calls Morsi supporters 'Jewish demons'

37 Islamists sentenced to death, while hundreds more handed life sentences, accused of preaching Jewish Talmud by court.

Muslim Brotherhood in court cages

Egypt's Sabahi contests presidential elections results, says rules were broken

Defeated candidate in Egypt's presidential election appeals results that gave former army chief al-Sisi victory; leftist politician Sabahi won 3% of votes against over 93% of votes cast for Sisi, according to judicial sources.

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gestures after casting his ballot in Cairo, May 26, 2014