Turmoil in Tunisia is threatening to further strain optimism originally engendered by the Arab Spring, after Egypt’s post-Spring Islamist government was overthrown in the wake of the largest national anti-government protests in human history. Like Egypt, Tunisia’s post-Spring government was led by Islamists. Like Egypt, that coalition is falling apart....

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Rival rallies between Egyptian opponents and supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi took place throughout Friday, reportedly claimed as many as four lives. The Egyptian military had removed the Muslim Brotherhood-linked former president from power in the aftermath of mass anti-government protests calling for his Islamist-oriented administration to step aside. Morsi’s...

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The Egyptian army’s efforts to stabilize the deteriorating security environment in the Sinai Peninsula have involved a range of tactics and strategy, from the mass deployment of troops to the destruction of subterranean smuggling tunnels linking the Egyptian-controlled Sinai to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The Egyptian military blames the Palestinian...

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Weeks of unrest in Egypt have left left scores dead and injured. Recent clashes have brought just this week’s death toll to at least twelve. More violence is feared as opposing sides – supporters and opponents of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi – ramp up for rival protests. Egypt’s army chief Abdel...

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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have deployed one battery of the Iron Dome anti-missile system to Israel’s Red Sea port of Eilat. The decision was made by the Chief of Staff Lt.General Benny Gantz, after consultations with other commanders of the military and with an eye toward the increased threat...

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Congress has faced intermittent pressure to respond to the Egyptian army’s moves against former president Mohammed Morsi by halting U.S. aid to Egypt. The House of Representatives today unveiled a draft spending bill declining to respond to those calls and keeping foreign aid at $1.3 billion. Meanwhile the Egyptian military...

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At least six Egyptians were killed on Monday in a string of attacks carried out against police station and army checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula. The attacks, conducted by Islamists, added up to the single worst day of violence this month: At least 10 attacks were carried out by Islamist militants against...

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Egypt is preparing to launch a large-scale operation to dislodge jihadist elements in the Sinai Peninsula. The announcement comes after weeks of consistent attacks by gunmen on security checkpoints, police stations, and government buildings, and there may be as many as 30,000 Egyptian troops already deployed in the territory. The identities of the gunmen...

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Two national security experts took to the Huffington Post yesterday to brush aside complaints from Muslim Brotherhood supporters regarding the removal from power of Egypt’s former Brotherhood-linked president Mohammed Morsi. James Farwell and Darby Arakelian, who specialize in among other things communication and persuasion, sought to be explicit about who’s...

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Creeping insecurity in the Sinai Peninsula punctuated by spectacular attacks had generated months of tension between the Egyptian army and the Muslim Brotherhood-linked government of then-president President Mohammed Morsi, according to a new report by the Associated Press. Citing numerous interviews describing the thinking of the military in genereral, and the country’s military...

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