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Jul 16, 2013

Top News: Interim Cabinet Sworn in, Seven Killed in Overnight Clashes in Egyptian Capital

Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi announced early Monday evening he would finalize his selection of ministers, and they were sworn in on Tuesday. Some of the newly appointed ministers, thirty-five in total and which so far exclude Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist figures, have already sparked controversy. 

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Jul 16, 2013

Top News: Yemen National Unity Government Preparing to Issue Apology for South and Saada Wars

Yemen’s national unity government announced that it will be issuing an apology for the 1994 civil war with the south and the six wars in Saada.

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Jul 15, 2013

Top News: Egypt Government Takes Shape, ElBaradei Sworn in as Vice President

Former director of the UN’s nuclear agency Mohamed ElBaradei was sworn in as vice president of international relations on Sunday before Egyptian interim President Adly Mansour at presidency headquarters in Cairo. Egypt’s new prime minister is putting the finishing touches on a cabinet that he says will be finalized by mid-week. 

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Jul 15, 2013

Jordan: Containing Dissent

By Wael Al-Khatib

Observers have described Jordan as an oasis of calmness and stability in the stormy uprisings of the Arab world during 2011; but regular weekly demonstrations across the country suggest it is not the stable sanctuary that King Abdullah hoped it to be.

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Jul 15, 2013

Top News: Pakistan Taliban Set Up Camps in Syria, Join Anti-Assad War

The Pakistani Taliban have set up camps and sent hundreds of men to Syria to fight alongside rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, militants said on Sunday, in a strategy aimed at cementing ties with al-Qaeda’s central leadership.

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Jul 13, 2013

Call it What You Wish, Egyptians are Shaping Their Destiny

By Tamer Nagy Mahmoud

Western analysts have spent the past week trying to make sense of developments in Egypt, with most expressing concern over what they assert to be a military coup deposing a democratically elected president. Engaging in a debate over whether former President Mohamed Morsi’s ouster was a coup or a revolution detracts from the main issue: […]

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Jul 12, 2013

Breaking Precedent in Egypt

By Avery Schmidt

The intervention of the armed forces in Egypt’s political crisis has evoked fears that a dangerous precedent is being set: military intervention today could mean that whenever Egyptians are upset with the political status quo in the future, they will know that mass demonstrations will prompt military intervention. This precedent will render Egyptian democracy forever […]

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Jul 12, 2013

This Week in Egypt – July 12, 2013

By Amira Mikhail

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

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Jul 12, 2013

Top News: Egypt’s PM picks leftist politician as deputy, Ziad Bahaa-Eldin

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Jul 12, 2013

What’s Next for the Youngest Leader in the Arab World?

By Kristin Smith Diwan

The fall of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi will have a ripple effect not only on the prospects for democracy in Egypt, but also for the foreign policy agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood’s most consistent supporter, the small but influential Gulf state of Qatar. Qatar’s ambitious program to support political Islam turned sour in the past […]