Egyptian politicians and oppositionists in the United States underestimated the effectiveness of attempts by the regime of the coup leader, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, to influence the position of the US Congress against the Muslim Brotherhood, [ More … ]
Amnesty International says Egyptian authorities have arrested 19 rights lawyers and activists, including eight women, as part of the country’s ongoing crackdown on civil society. The London-based advocacy group says in a Thursday statement that [ More … ]
There have been much talk about alleged reconciliation efforts between the regime and the Muslim Brotherhood, but soon they are denied by both parties Every now and then, we hear about initiatives for reconciliation between [ More … ]
The Trump administration is wisely designating affiliates as terrorists, but not the umbrella organization, says a recent Bloomberg report. A year ago it looked like Donald Trump was going to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as [ More … ]
As Egypt is on its way for the presidential elections scheduled in 2018, candidates either withdrew under threats, including jail. One of the likely candidate is former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik who has announced that [ More … ]
A Saudi-led coalition blockading Qatar added 11 more individuals and two other entities including a prominent group of Islamic scholars to their “terrorist” blacklists of the Gulf state. A Saudi-led coalition blockading Qatar added 11 [ More … ]
By: David Pollock* As President Trump unveils his revised U.S. strategy to contain Iran, surveys reveal that key Arab publics in the region share his antipathy toward Tehran. Previously reported polls from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, [ More … ]
The Muslim Brotherhood’s former supreme guide Mahdi Akef died in prison on Friday (Sept. 22) at the age of 89 due to medical negligence. After four years of suffering from cancer in prison without receiving [ More … ]
Egypt Daily News has long claimed to be the only ‘independent’ daily in a heavily restricted media landscape The Egypt Daily News site is to be taken over by a state-run newspaper as part of [ More … ]
The Muslim Brotherhood and its allies claimed a ‘major victory’ in Jordan’s provincial and municipal elections, which concluded late on Tuesday. A Muslim Brotherhood-led coalition announced a “major victory” in Jordan’s local elections on Tuesday, [ More … ]
A Cairo criminal court on Saturday recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of Egypt’s top prosecutor, the most senior state official killed by militants in recent years. [ More … ]
Hamas rejects Saudi claim that it is a terror organization, says Saudi push to isolate it is ‘regrettable’; and Muslim Brotherhood blasts Saudi Arabia for Adel Al-Jubeir’s comments. Hamas on Wednesday responded to a demand [ More … ]
A number of Arab nations cut off relations with Qatar on Monday morning, accusing it of ‘sponsoring terrorism’. The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen and Gen. Khalifa Haftar in Libya all cut off [ More … ]
The Muslim Brotherhood has issued a statement condemning the UAE’s “blatant interference in the affairs of several Arab countries and coordination with the Zionist lobby for spreading chaos, killing, and coups in the region,” according to [ More … ]
Egypt has banned 21 websites, including the main website of Qatar-based al Jazeera television, claiming that they are “supporting terrorism”, according to Reuters. Reuters said that it had tried to access five websites named by local [ More … ]
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