Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s military has been interrogating ousted President Mohammed Morsi over his ties to the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip. Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency said Morsi has been detained for 15 days amid interrogation of the ex-president’s relations with Hamas. The United States and Turkey have called on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress has begun imposing restrictions on military aid to Egypt while ruling out funding for U.S. intervention in Syria. The House approved a defense spending bill by a vote of 409-12 that slashed overseas allocations and imposed restrictions on aid to Middle East countries. Under one amendment approved on late […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com ANKARA — Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, alarmed by the military coup in Egypt, was said to fear a similar scenario in Turkey. Diplomatic sources said Erdogan was the only NATO or Middle East leader to have openly sided with the Muslim Brotherhood against Egypt’s military. They said the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has determined that Palestinian fighters from the Gaza Strip were playing a major role in the revolt in the Sinai Peninsula. Security sources said the Egyptian intelligence community has assessed that the Hamas regime as well as Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip were sending hundreds of fighters to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Egypt has been targeting Hamas fighters in the turbulent Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian military sources said the current counter-offensive in Sinai has led to the death and capture of scores of Hamas gunmen. The sources said the gunmen came from Hamas security forces in the Gaza Strip in wake of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress, amid plans to deliver F-16 fighter-jets, has been debating whether to suspend major U.S. arms shipments to Egypt in wake of its military coup. [ See also: White House did not call Mubarak’s ouster a coup, still backs Muslim Brotherhood ] Congressional sources said key House and Senate committees […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Brian M Downing Over the last few years, Saudi Arabia and Israel have been aligned on critical matters. The two powers are engaged in attacking Iran and its nuclear capacity, ousting the Assad government from Syria, and unseating Hizbullah in Lebanon. So determined are the two countries to stop the Iranian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reinforced its military presence to block the infiltration of Palestinian fighters from the Gaza Strip. Security sources said Egypt’s military and Central Security Forces have been bolstered in wake of the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. The sources said the military assessed that Hamas and other Islamist fighters […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The new Egyptian Government of Interim President Adly Mansour faces major strategic challenges from internal conflict and economic crisis, but this has been substantially exacerbated, and to some degree caused, by the fact that the U.S. Obama White House has refused to sign […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Less than a week after the ousting of the nation’s first Islamist president, the Muslim Brotherhood has called for a revolt in Egypt. The Brotherhood, including its political wing, Freedom and Justice Party, called on millions of Muslim followers to attack Egypt’s military and other opponents. In a statement on […]