The Obama administration is neglecting the Middle East and allowing China and Russia to expand influence in the region due to a flawed foreign policy strategy that could have long-term detrimental impacts for American power, a veteran Middle East policy expert said Tuesday.
Four high-ranking officials recently resigned from their posts in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked government, reports the Tower.
The top legal adviser to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi resigned Tuesday, writing the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood has taken over the governing of the country.
Militants in Egypt fired at least two rockets at a resort town in southern Israel early Wednesday morning.
A prominent Egyptian blogger known for his pivotal role in country’s 2011 revolution warned during a Tuesday meeting with reporters that U.S. aid to Egypt is “directly” funding an increasingly oppressive regime “that tortures people” and flouts international laws governing human rights.
JERUSALEM — An Egyptian columnist has written a column praising Jewish achievement in science and technology and condemning the violence, extremism, and ignorance in Muslim countries.
Bassem Youssef, host of “The Program,” a television show similar to “The Daily Show,” was arrested over the weekend, Deadline reported.
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated government recently allowed members of the Brotherhood and hardline jihadists to join Egypt’s military academy for the first time as part of what U.S. officials say is a covert effort to impose Islamist rule in the key Middle East state.
A prominent Egyptian cleric has declared that U.S. aid to Egypt is a mandatory tribute that America must pay to honor the Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian revolution.
An anti-Israel hacking collective affiliated with Anonymous has initiated a widespread cyber attack against the Jewish state, penetrating websites affiliated with the Mossad security service and a slew of related entities.
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