PHOTO: Churches are Crying in Egypt In reaction to burning churches, a little girl in Upper Egypt sketched this picture that brought tears to my eyes: pic.twitter.com/iymw3SF49R ? daliaziada (@daliaziada) August 15, 2013 Egyptian women rights advocate Dalia Aziada posted this tweet after several Coptic churches were burnt across Egypt following a brutal military operation … Read more
Erdogan’s Self-Righteous Blast on Egypt – Al-Monitor the Pulse of the Middle East ? kjenson ? By: Semih Idiz for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse Posted on August 16. Although Egyptians are bearing the brunt of the latest bloody events in Egypt, Turkey appears to be the only country reacting to these events as if it were all happening … Read more
Turkey?s Erdoğan blasts EU for Egypt, Syria massacres Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, an outspoken supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi, lashed out at the European Union for remaining idle despite massacres in Egypt, Syria and the Palestinian territories. At a press conference held at Ankara airport before his departure for Turkmenistan yesterday … Read more
Egypt ?shame? for Islam, Arab world, Turkish President Gül says President Abdullah Gül said Aug. 16 the ongoing crisis in Egypt is a shame for Islam and the Arab world Turkey recalls ambassador in Cairo for consultations, Egypt reciprocates Egypt recalled its ambassador in Ankara, reciprocating only a few hours later to Turkish PM Erdoğan … Read more
‘We’ve Never Seen in Egypt’s History This Many Attacks Against Journalists’ Two journalists have now been confirmed killed in clashes that erupted last night as the Egyptian military began clearing sit-ins by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsy.Mick Deane, a 15-year veteran cameraman for Sky News, and Habiba Abd El Aziz, a 26-year-old Emirati journalist … Read more
Kurdish autonomy in Syria alerts Turkey Two days after the capture of the Syrian border post of Turkey near the town of Rasulayn on July 17 Kurds cement power in war on Turkish border Clashes between Islamist rebel forces and Kurdish fighters spread to a second Syrian province on July 20, activists said, as factional … Read more
Aleppo University withdraws Turkish PM Erdoğan?s honorary doctorate The council of Aleppo University has announced the withdrawal of an honorary doctorate that the university awarded to Turkish PM in 2009 *** Egypt Protest Leader Snubs State Department #2 CAIRO – Deputy Secretary of State William Burns is currently in Egypt, making him the highest-ranking U.S. … Read more
Egyptians’ missing Ramadan spirit Political upheaval and economic malaise have diminished holy month celebrations. Egypt?s Coup Crisis ?What is being experienced are the political tensions Egypt needed to live through during the revolution Military coups are now prepared in squares, through social media like in Egypt: Turkish PM The groundwork of military coups is laid … Read more
Egyptian Foreign Ministry asks Turkey ‘not to take sides’: Ambassador Egyptian officials have asked Ankara ‘not to take sides,’ the Turkish ambassador to Cairo has said after being summoned to the Foreign Ministry Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoğlu resumes hectic phone diplomacy on Egypt Egypt?s foreign minister called his Turkish counterpart, informing him about a mass … Read more
Four Turkish journalists detained in Egypt Four Turkish journalists were detained today in Cairo by the Egyptian army INFOGRAPHIC: EU leads in providing non-military aid to Egypt (News) The European Union is the largest of contributor of development assistance to Egypt, where a military-backed interim government ousted the country?s first democratically elected leader, … Read more
Egypt : The Next President This 12 years old boy is just stunningly, incredibly smart. Listen to him as he excoriates the Muslim Brotherhood, relentlessly dissecting their power grab for Egypt. Beyond the middle class military coup The situation in Egypt today rekindles the debate about middle class military coups in the 1960s and 1970s. … Read more
Massacre in Cairo CAIRO — Egypt is specializing in worst-case scenarios these days. In the early morning hours of Monday, the Egyptian military opened fire on pro-Morsy demonstrators at the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo, where the protesters had gathered to call for the release of the deposed president. At this point, the Egyptian Health Ministry … Read more
Turkish PM urges ?so-called? new rulers of Egypt to release Morsi Turkish PM Erdoğan has again slammed the military overthrow of elected Egyptian President Morsi, raising his rhetoric against the countries that have shied away from describing the takeover as a ‘coup’ The Wikipedia War Over Egypt’s ‘Coup’ In recent days, the protests and clashes over the Egyptian military‘s July 3 … Read more
Egypt’s Islamists Turn Violent After Morsy’s Fall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFX1heljE9k CAIRO – Rallies in support of Mohammed Morsy were smaller than they had been previously during the day today, perhaps because supporters of the deposed president stayed away out of fear of violence. But while the numbers may have been down, reports of violence throughout the city suggested … Read more
Without politics, protest is at the mercy of the elites The Guardian (UK) Wednesday, July 3, 2013, p. 29 Seumas Milne From Egypt to Brazil street action is driving change ? but organisation is essential if it is not to be hijacked or disarmed. Two years after the Arab uprisings fuelled a wave of … Read more