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... The sit-in was violently dispersed on Aug. 14, 2013. More than 600 people were killed. Months later, Egypt designated the Brotherhood a terrorist organization. Egyptian authorities have since launched a severe crackdown on Brotherhood members and supporters, arresting many and trying them on terror-related charges.Egyptian courts have ...
... aid to Egypt after withholding the assistance last year over human rights concerns, the State Department announced Wednesday. The department said the decision follows steps Egypt has taken in response to specific U.S. concerns, and it cited stronger U.S.-Egypt ties in security and counterterrorism while also acknowledging ...
... effort to challenge him. He won less than 3 percent of the vote. The vote harkened back to the yes-or-no referendums held by Egypt's autocratic leaders in the decades before the 2011 uprising raised hopes of democratic change. El-Sissi led the 2013 military overthrow of Egypt ...
trajudicial killings over the past year. The fear is that Egypt will become ungovernable, and that the country could regress to the point of violence or civil conflict, Fahmy said. “Sissi has shown everyone through this election that it is not possible to bring change through the ballot box.” This ...
... the Egyptian press, have relatively little visibility on what goes on over there because it's a closed area to foreigners and indeed to many Egyptians. But we do know that there are ambushes against the Egyptian military and that the Egyptian military has responded with some force. So, this ...
A gun and bomb attack at a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula killed more than 200 people and injured dozens during Friday prayers. According to state-run news agency MENA, the death toll reached 235 with more than 100 injured. Police said the attack occurred at the al-Rawdah ...
... combat the “spreading of AIDS in Egypt.” After an outpouring of support on social media, the men were found innocent. Homosexuality is widely unpopular in Egypt, a predominantly Muslim country. According to a 2013 Pew Research poll, 95 percent of Egyptians said society should reject homosexuality. Lawmakers in Egypt’s ...
... but it's not normal to live out hope. And we're also hopeful. And I'm worried. JUDY WOODRUFF: What do you want for Egypt, for the people of Egypt? What do you want for them? AYA HIJAZI: We want what we call -- some may call American values. I ...
In an exclusive interview with PBS Newshour, Aya Hijazi, an Egyptian-American charity worker imprisoned in Cairo for three years, speaks about the harrowing ordeal and her experience meeting President Trump in the Oval Office following her release last month. It is her first interview since an Egyptian judge acquitted ...
... attack the Islamic State claimed Saturday. "What you've seen today will not go unpunished. An extremely painful strike has been dealt to the bases. Egypt will never hesitate to strike terror bases anywhere," said Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in an address televised to Egypt on Friday. A ...
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