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United States
Power shifts on foreign-policy team
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Egypt
Syria Christians fear for religious freedom
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NATO
US falls out of favor with NATO ally
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Tunisia
Many fear revival of Islamist party in Tunisia
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Egypt
The Egyptian Islamic Group said it would hold a million-man protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demand the release of Omar Abdel Rahman, its spiritual leader, who is serving a life term in a US prison. Rahman was convicted for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
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Egypt
Islamist leader pursues Egypt’s presidency
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Egypt
Crime wave in Egypt has people afraid, even the police
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Egypt
Egyptian Christians say they are ‘under organised attack’
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Egypt
Security forces claimed to have arrested the “mastermind” who sparked violent attacks by Muslims against Christians at a church in Cairo. The government extended former President Mubarak’s detention.
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Egypt
Iran’s push for regional domination gets Arab Spring boost
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Egypt
Police arrested 23 people suspected of being involved in the Sunday massacre at a Coptic church in Cairo, bringing the total to more than 200 detained. Twelve people were killed after radical Muslims attacked the church.
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Egypt
Egypt clashes turn spotlight on radicals
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Egypt
Egypt’s new foreign policy tests old alliances
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Egypt
Egyptian Copts, reeling from violence, want protection
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Egypt
Twelve people were killed after more than 500 Salafists gathered outside a Christian church in a Cairo suburb to demand that a woman rumored to have converted to Islam be released. The prime minister called an emergency cabinet meeting.
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Al Qaeda
Egypt offered arm of al-Qaeda number two’s brother as DNA evidence
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Egypt
Khaled el-Islambouli, the nephew of Anwar Sadat’s assassin, returned to Egypt after years of exile in Iran. Egypt’s ruling military council has lifted the entry ban against him and nearly 2,000 others, many of them Islamists who went to Afghanistan in the 1980s. Khaled’s father, Mohammed el-Islambouli, who is wanted for attacks in Egypt in the 1990s, is thought to be still in Iran.
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Egypt
Egypt revolution groups plan secular election strategy
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Al Qaeda
Cairo protesters decry bin Laden killing
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Egypt
Clinton leaves door open after Palestinian deal
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Egypt
Egyptian foreign minister Nabil Elaraby said that “[w]hen it comes to the declared death of bin Laden, Egypt is against all kinds of violence.” Reaction by Islamist groups has been muted: both the Muslim Brotherhood and al Islamiyah said they are waiting further confirmation of the death. Security has been heightened near resorts, Western embassies, and the Cairo airport.
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Egypt
Eyeing big political role, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to contest half of parliament’s seats
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Egypt
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood sets up new party
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Egypt
In shift, Egypt warms to Iran and Hamas, Israel’s foes
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Egypt
With Mubarak gone, Egypt’s Islamists see political opportunities
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Egypt
Explosion exposes Egypt-Israel rift
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Egypt
Surprise Palestinian unity deal challenges Israel
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Egypt
“Masked gunmen” bombed the El Sabil natural gas export terminal on the Sinai Peninsula. The bombing has shut down the natural gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan. No group has claimed the attack.
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Egypt
Egyptian youth leaders plan new tactics
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Egypt
Egypt – Qena protests end after Coptic governor is suspended
