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


Al-Sisi – not quite the conquering hero

An examination of Egyptian public opinion in the run-up to the election might have yielded hints of the less-than-wholehearted enthusiasm of the electorate, taken as a whole, for al-Sisi.

Egyptian military leader Abdel Fatah al-Sisi

Muslim Brotherhood continues struggle against regime; says it fought the Jews not Egyptians

Egyptian court sentences 155 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to jail terms and gives 54 of them life sentences.

Muslim Brotherhood in court cages

Egypt's Sisi asks for US help in fighting terrorism

Sisi warns Syria risks becoming another Afghanistan; says will take Egypt two years to recover from turmoil.

General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi 370

Is Sisi the solution?

It is doubtful whether the anticipated election of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as president will end the turmoil in Egypt.

General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Morsi370

Egypt's Sisi officially announces presidential run, vows to tackle militancy

59-year-old who deposed Mohamed Morsi says Egypt threatened by terrorists and he will work to make a country "free of fear."

General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi 370

US says Egypt's executions of 529 Muslim Brotherhood men would impact future American aid

State Department says death penalty for 529 defendants after a two-day summary proceeding cannot be reconciled with int'l human rights law.

Muslim Brotherhood in court cages

Egypt army: Delegation sent to Israel for security, not military, coordination

Cairo exploring entering a Russian-led free trade zone that would include Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Egyptian army tank positioned outside Cairo's Tora prison.

Al Jazeera and the Qatar squabble

Al Jazeera’s assertion of editorial independence has been challenged more than once.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani 370

Egypt panel blames Morsi supporters for deaths during protest camp break-up

Hundreds of people were killed when security forces dispersed Cairo protest camp, one of the bloodiest days in Egypt's history.

Egyptian police facing pro-Morsi suppoers protest 370

Egypt army chief Sisi sends clearest signal he will run for president

Military leader, who toppled Islamist president Morsi, reportedly says he can't ignore the demands of Egypt's "majority".

Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi 370