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. | The Syrian government has condemned Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi for severing the two Arab nations’ diplomatic ties. Morsi had also called for the implementation of a no-fly zone over Syria.
Damascus on Sunday |
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. | Islamist militants have exploited the power vacuum to use the remote desert region as a base of operations to launch attacks against Egypt and Israel. Bedouin tribesmen in the region have long complained of being discriminated against by the government in Cairo.
In August 2012, Islamist militants attacked a checkpoint near the Gaza Strip, killing 16 Egyptian security forces and breaching the border before being killed in an Israeli airstrike. Morsi responded by launching an offensive to regain control of the North Sinai. |
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. | “Egypt is a Sunni Muslim country,” said one protester “and we will not have Shi’ites coming to Egypt, because they insult the Prophet Mohammad and the companions of the Prophet and if they come here we will kill them.”
Iran’s chargé d’affaires called |
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. | Hundreds of Egyptian protesters have encircled the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo, attempting to break in. RT’s correspondent Bel Trew reports that protesters and Brotherhood supporters are clashing in Moqatam quarter around the HQ.
Earlier an Al Arabiya correspondent reported that protesters had already broke into the Muslim Brotherhood complex guarded by police and Brotherhood members, but the news |
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. | Egyptian protesters torched buildings in Cairo and tried unsuccessfully to disrupt international shipping on the Suez Canal, as a court ruling on a deadly soccer riot stoked rage in a country beset by worsening security.
The ruling enraged residents of Port Said, at the northern |
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. | Thousands of Egyptians have marched on the streets of the Suez Canal city of Port Said in protest at the deaths of local people in clashes with police and ahead of a court decision in a contentious football riot case.
The protests on Friday |
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. | Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi have called mass demonstrations on Friday, raising the prospect of more bloodshed despite a pledge by politicians to back off after the deadliest week of his seven months in office.
Protests marking |
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. | Egyptian military chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has warned that political strife could lead to the collapse of the state.
As the country faces economic, political and social turmoil, al-Sisi has stressed that the army will remain the “solid block” on which the Egypt rests. |
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. | A man was shot dead on Monday in a fifth day of violence that has killed 50 Egyptians and prompted the Islamist president to declare a state of emergency in an attempt to end a wave of unrest sweeping the biggest Arab nation.
Emergency rule announced by President |
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. | At least 30 people have died in Port Said, officials say, in clashes sparked by the sentencing to death of 21 local people over football riots in Egypt.
Supporters of the defendants tried to storm the prison |
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. | Thousands of people have gathered in Tahrir square in Cairo on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. They are angry because they believe that the revolution they fought for has not delivered.
Opponents of Mohammed Mursi, the elected |
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. | Erian’s latest comments have alarmed Israel, with the official Israel Radio station expressing “disappointment”.
According to Egypt’s private-owned newspaper “Youm 7”, Israel Radio blasted Erian, saying Israel has never questioned the legitimacy of the Egyptian state, and expects to be treated equally |
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. | Egypt will develop its ties with Hezbollah, recognizing it as a “real political and military force,” said an Egyptian official to Lebanese press. The announcement signals a U-turn in policy where Egypt had accused the group of operating terror cells.
In an interview with Lebanese publication the Daily Star, Egyptian ambassador to Lebanon Ashraf Hamdy said that his country’s newly-elected Islamist government would build |
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. | President Morsi is now expected to call parliamentary elections within the next two months. In the interim, all legislative will now be transferred from the presidency to the upper house of parliament.
All decrees issued since the revolution that removed former leader Hosni Mubarak from power in February 2011, meanwhile, now stand null and void. These include both those passed |
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. | On the streets opinion is polarised.
“This one million man demo today is to say “yes” to the constitution. Secondly it is to show the value of mosques and teachers for Muslims. What happened last Friday, attacking the mosque, is not accepted |
