Jul 01 Watch 4:05 Islamic State militants launch coordinated assault on Egyptian forces By PBS News Hour Islamic State militants and Egyptian troops clashed for hours in the Northern Sinai Peninsula. The lengthy battle began after the militants launched a massive, coordinated assault. Judy Woodruff learns more from Yara Bayoumy of Reuters. Continue watching
Jun 06 Egyptian court overturns designation of Hamas as a terrorist group By Daniel Costa-Roberts An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday overturned a lower court ruling that designated the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas as a terrorist organization, court officials said… Continue reading
May 16 Egyptian court sentences ex-president Morsi to death By Daniel Costa-Roberts An Egyptian court sentenced to death deposed president Mohammed Morsi on Saturday for his role in a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising against then-President Hosni Mubarak. Continue reading
Apr 21 Former Egyptian president Morsi gets 20 years in jail By News Desk Egypt’s first freely elected leader Mohammed Morsi was sentenced to 20 years in jail without parole on Tuesday on charges connected to the killing of demonstrators, who were protesting against his governing Muslim Brotherhood party for abusing power. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 8:13 How one Egyptian youth became an Islamic State militant By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch 5:16 News Wrap: W.Va. investigating what caused explosive oil train accident By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch 7:42 Islamic State exploits the chaos of civil war in Libya By PBS News Hour The murder of Egyptian Christian hostages by the Islamic State in Libya raises the alarm that the militant group is expanding from its territory in Syria and Iraq. Gwen Ifill talks to Frederic Wehrey of the Carnegie Endowment for International… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch 2:30 Egypt launches airstrikes at Islamic State in Libya after Christian killings By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 15 Islamic State releases video purporting to show beheadings of 21 Egyptians By Andrew Mach The Islamic State released a video on Sunday purporting to show the beheading of a group of 21 Egyptians captured in Libya. Continue reading
Feb 12 Egyptian court grants bail to Al Jazeera journalists By Joshua Barajas An Egyptian court has freed two detained Al Jazeera journalists on bail after a retrial overturned a previous verdict that had found them guilty of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned Islamic group. Continue reading