The Egyptian military seeks to push back the country into its pre-revolution era in an attempt to safeguard Cairo’s ties with Israel and the US, a political analyst tells Press TV. In a Thursday interview,…
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Hi, I’m Your New Axis of Evil I have argued that what has just happened in Egypt is a bloodbath that is not a bloodbath, conducted by a military junta responsible for a coup that is not…
On Monday morning, Saudi Arabian Prince Saud al-Faisal, who is also the world’s longest-serving foreign minister, announced that certain Arab states would be willing to replace any cut in Western aid to Egypt. For a few billion…
Press TV has conducted an interview with Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan-African news wire, from Detroit over the recent deadly clashes across Egypt, which have left more than 100 dead. What follows is an…
World View: Compromise is no longer feasible, and the army controls the levers of power. But can its victory be conclusive? All parties in Egypt have overplayed their hands in the two and a half…
The massacre in Egypt was committed as a result of the international community’s support for the coup makers; it was perpetrated as a collective crime. This fact should be considered and those who shed hypocritical…
In Pictures: Killings in Cairo “Al Jazeera” – Nasr City, Egypt – Hundreds of people died as security forces launched a crackdown on supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. The assault, which began on Wednesday morning, led to bloody…
America’s Mambo with Mubarak Dancing Between Dictatorship and Democracy America’s ruling elites – and those of the Western world more generally – are comfortable dealing with ruthless tyrants and dictators all over the world, partly…
This is the sort of post that makes people mad, but in light of what’s happening in Egypt it’s necessary to talk about bin Laden. Most people who hate bin Laden have never read his…
Arab Oil Cash to Kill Democracy in Egypt In order to determine whether the turmoil in Egypt is in the best interests of the mass of ordinary Egyptians, we should use the trusted maxim – follow the money. Within hours of the military’s arrest last week of now-deposed President Mohamed Morsi, the Persian Gulf Arab monarchies were offering their congratulations to defense minister Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and the new interim president, Adli Mansour. With Morsi still under arrest, incommunicado, and his whereabouts as yet unknown, the Persian Gulf oil kingdoms this week have swiftly moved, in the words of the Financial Times, “to prop up” the new rulers of Egypt with USD 12 billion in cash grants, central bank deposits and oil deals. That capital transfusion is seen as critical to bailing out the sinking Egyptian economy and ensuring the viability of the military-led interim administration.