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The Week in Egypt [August 25, 2014]

By Elissa Miller

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

Can Assad Help With ISIS?

By Frederic C. Hof

With Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel telling a Pentagon press conference that “all options are on the table” regarding air strikes in Syria on the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Martin Dempsey saying that ISIS cannot be defeated militarily without addressing its presence in Syria, […]

Top News: US Joint Chiefs Says Raiding Syria Is Key to Halting ISIS

By MENASource

  The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS, or IS) cannot be defeated unless the United States or its partners take on the group inside Syria, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday. “This is an organization that has an apocalyptic end-of-days strategic vision that will eventually have to be defeated,” […]

Top News: NCHR Says Human Rights Watch Report is Deliberately Misleading

By EgyptSource

  The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) said in a statement Friday that remarks made in a recent report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on the dispersal of the pro-Morsi Raba’a al-Adeweya and Nahda sit-ins last year violate the professional and ethical standards of research.

Shut Up ISIS

By Nancy Messieh

Hashtag activism rarely serves a purpose. It is easy to sit in the comfort of a quiet home, thousands of miles away from any real conflict, and click a link, or share a thought, and be left with the sensation that something has been accomplished.

Sisi’s Security Dilemma

By Tarek Radwan

Since the ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi from office in July 2013 by now-President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, extremist attacks on civilians, state institutions, and security personnel have increased within Egypt’s borders. While more than half of the attacks occurred in the Sinai Peninsula (56 percent of the total 599 reported in the press […]

Top News: US Special Forces Tried But Failed To Rescue James Foley in Syria

By MENASource

US government announced that it had tried to rescue journalist James Foley and other hostages during a secret mission into Syria and exchanged gunfire with Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militants. The rescue operation was unsuccessful after discovering that none of the hostages were present at the compound.

Top News: Some See Qatar’s Hand in Collapse of Egypt-led Gaza Talks

By EgyptSource

  An official from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement suggested Wednesday that Qatar torpedoed Egypt-led peace talks between Gaza and Israel, as negotiations ground to a halt by Wednesday.

Has ISIS Reached Egypt?

The Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has demonstrated its intolerance of a pluralistic society and barbarity towards those countless it perceives as an enemy long before the beheading of journalist James Foley.

ISIS at Egypt’s Door

By Khaled Dawoud

In the many Egyptian talk shows, known for their anti-Muslim Brotherhood rhetoric, shocking videos of Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) fighters are displayed on a near daily basis. The videos show a woman stoned to death after she was convicted of adultery, mass executions, beheadings, or even show people being thrown off a […]