August 01

• Egypt: Egypt Officials Meet to Discuss Dispersing Pro-Mursi Sit-Ins

  Egypt's interior minister met with top security officials on Thursday to discuss measures the authorities could take to disperse two sit-ins held by supporters of toppled President... Read more »

• Egypt: Court Delays Appeals to Dissolve Islamist Parties

  Egypt's High Administrative Court adjourned on Thursday ruling in appeals to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party and the Salafi (ultraconservative) Nour... Read more »

• Egypt: Egypt's Tamarod Leader Tells Germany Hitler Was Elected Too

  General coordinator of the Tamarod (Rebel) campaign Mahmoud Badr has said that he asked German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle in a meeting late on Wednesday to respect the... Read more »

• Egypt: Islamist Alliance Calls for Rallying Next Friday

  The National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy called on people to rally in Egypt's squares next Friday in what it called "the million-man demonstration against the coup". Read more »

July 31

• Egypt: German Foreign Minister Arrives in Cairo for Talks

  Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle arrived in Cairo on Wednesday evening for a three-day visit during which he will meet with a number top Egyptian officials to discuss... Read more »

• Egypt: U.S. Senate Rejects Aid Cut

  The United States Senate rejected by a 83 to 13 vote a draft law Republican Senator Rand Paul proposed to cut off the aid to Egypt and turn it into funding for domestic... Read more »

• Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood - African Union Delegation to Visit Rabaa Sit-in

  An African Union (AU) delegation headed by Alpha Oumar Konare, Mali's former president, will pay a visit to the sit-in at Rabaa al-Adaweya Square in Cairo, the Muslim Brotherhood... Read more »

• Egypt: Factbox L Tamarod (Rebel) Campaign

  What follow are a timeline and a list of facts about the Tamarod (Rebel) campaign that collected about 13 million petitions of no-confidence votes and organized mass demonstrations... Read more »

• Egypt: Badie, Shater and Others Referred to Criminal Court for Inciting Violence

  An Egyptian prosecutor referred top Muslim Brotherhood figures to a criminal court on Wednesday, accusing them of inciting violence by the group's Cairo headquarters in Mokattam. Read more »

• Egypt: Govt Decides to Disperse Pro-Morsi Protesters

  The Egyptian government decided on Wednesday to put an end to sit-ins held by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi, reported the state news agency. Read more »

• Egypt: Court Endorses One-Year Sentence Given to Mursi PM

  A Cairo court has endorsed that former Prime Minister Hisham Kandil be sentenced to one year in prison and removed from his post for failing to enforce a court order during his... Read more »

• Egypt: Egypt Minister Attributes Tourism Decline to Bloodshed

  Egypt's Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou said on Tuesday that tourism is suffering a setback due to political unrest, adding that the situation is not good in comparison to previous... Read more »

• Egypt: Egypt Cabinet Convenes to Discuss Recent Developments

  Egypt's cabinet held a meeting on Wednesday to review recent developments in the country and reports on the security situation in streets, discussing efforts exerted to establish... Read more »

• Egypt: African Union Meets Morsi

  The African Union delegation headed by Alpha Oumar Konare (former president of Mali), which is on current visit to Egypt, met with deposed President Mohamed Mursi on Tuesday night,... Read more »

July 30

• Egypt: Pro and Anti-Mursi Clashes Leave 17 Injured in Ismailiya

  Seventeen people were injured in confrontations that erupted between supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Mursi in Ismailiya on Monday, reported the state news... Read more »

• Egypt: Islamist Alliance Tells EU's Ashton 'Genocide' Must Stop

  The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, an Islamist bloc that groups the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies formed to demand the reinstatement of ousted President Mohamed... Read more »

• Egypt: One Conscript Killed, 10 Injured in Sinai Attack

  One conscript was killed and ten were injured in attacks by gunmen on checkpoints in North Sinai on Tuesday, Egypt's interior ministry said in a statement on its official Facebook... Read more »

• Egypt: Unicef Worried Egypt Children Exploited in Political Crisis

  The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concerns that children in Egypt have been involved in violence that erupted following the ouster of Islamist President... Read more »

• Egypt: U.S. Embassy Asks Citizens in Egypt to Avoid Protests

  The United States embassy has warned its citizens who currently reside in Egypt from the possibility of confrontations in marches planned on Tuesday by the Muslim Brotherhood... Read more »

• Egypt: Brotherhood's Erian Calls for Restoring Constitution

  Senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam al-Erian said on Tuesday that the Egyptian will should be prioritized through free elections, deeming it as the way out of the current... Read more »

• Egypt: ElBaradei and EU's Ashton Say Violence Must End

  In an aired conference on Tuesday, European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton and Egypt's vice president for foreign affairs Mohamed ElBaradei said that stopping violence... Read more »

• Egypt: Egypt Deplores South Africa's Claim of Mursi's Legitimacy

  Egypt's Foreign Ministry expressed its extreme dissatisfaction with South Africa's statement on the most recent events in Egypt. Read more »

• Egypt: Unidentified Gunmen Kill Conscript in Arish

  Unidentified assailants killed a conscript on Tuesday after they opened fire on a number of security personnel in a district of Sinai's Arish city, military sources said. Read more »

• Egypt: Ashton's Visit Changes Nothing - Brotherhood's Beltagi

  Muslim Brotherhood senior leader Mohamed al-Beltagi said on Tuesday that the visit of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to Egypt did not change anything in the current... Read more »

• Egypt: Iranian Official Urges Egyptians to Avoid Post-Mursi Violence

  Iranian Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has urged all factions in Egypt to avoid violence and enter a dialogue to end the crisis with wisdom. Read more »