Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Egypt’s military leadership entered August 2013 without any illusions as to the magnitude of the challenges facing the Egyptian Armed Forces, the Egyptian government, and all of Egypt, in the coming months and years. The decision by the Supreme Council of the Armed […]
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 — The military adviser of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has resigned in protest. Gen. Sami Anan said he quit his post as military adviser to Morsi. Anan said his resignation was in solidarity with the massive campaign to oust Egypt’s first Islamist president. In a statement, Anan, who had served as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has played down the dismissal of Egypt’s military command by its new Islamist president. The administration of President Barack Obama asserted that the dismissal of the military command by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi would not affect relations with the United States. The administration said it expected those […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress has again warned Egypt’s military regime of a cutoff in U.S. military aid. Officials said Congress has relayed messages to the military regime in Cairo that raised the prospect of a U.S. defense aid suspension for fiscal 2013, which begins in October. They said leading House and Senate members […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s military has been assigned a leading role in securing presidential elections. Officials said the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has decided to deploy Army, Navy and Air Force personnel to secure polling stations throughout Egypt on May 23-24. The officials said the military was assigned the mission in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has linked Salafist protests against the military regime to Al Qaida. Egyptian security sources have identified the brother of Al Qaida commander Ayman Zawahiri as a leader of the Salafist protests against the ruling military council. So far, at least 22 people have been killed in clashes between regime […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — When the government of erstwhile U.S. ally Egypt shut down seventeen Western pro-democracy groups, trashed their Cairo offices, and slapped travel bans on some of their staff, political relations between Washington and Cairo hit a new and unexpected low. Just a year after a tumultuous political uprising topped the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Egypt’s new military regime could cancel national elections amid rising unrest, a report said. The Economist Intelligence Unit said the military regime that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in February could suspend elections for parliament and the presidency. The Economist argued that growing ethnic and labor unrest could lead the Supreme […]