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In Egypt, lonely voices warn of too much love for the military

Egyptian activists have rallied around the military since it ousted Mohamed Morsi, leaving some of their former comrades isolated and uneasy.
Focus Has Egypt's experiment with Islamism failed? (+video)

The Muslim Brotherhood's dominance may be over, but a 'harder' strain of political Islam could fill the void in Egypt.
Focus Egypt: from Mubarak's ouster to Morsi's

A timeline of post-revolution Egypt
Egypt upheaval: What does US hope to accomplish in dispatching a diplomat? (+video)

Deputy Secretary of State William Burns is holding talks with Egypt’s military-backed interim government and is also meeting with Egyptian business leaders during a two-day visit.
US envoy seeks to shore up influence in post-Morsi Egypt

Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns met with Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour in Cairo today. But Egypt's interim rulers seem more inclined to look to the Gulf, not the US, for support.
Backchannels Reports of 'Islamism's' demise are greatly exaggerated

There's been a fair bit of commentary to the contrary. But it's not clear it's even a hammer-blow for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
Backchannels With assets frozen, noose tightening in Egypt for Muslim Brothers

Arrests, threats of prosecution and now an effort to cut off the Muslim Brotherhood's funding in military-ruled Egypt.
Egypt, Jordan, Iraq seek to stem Syrian refugee flood

Syria's raging civil war has seen neighbors flooded with refugees. Egypt has become the latest regional country to take steps to limit refugee access.
Backchannels The US, apparently, supports everyone in Egypt (and no one likes it)

The Muslim Brotherhood, revolutionary activists, Coptic Christians, and the Army all make the cut.
The Monitor's View After two political revolutions, Egypt needs a cultural revolution

Egypt's political identity won't be resolved by politics or protests alone. An upwelling of culture since 2011 could help resolve the nation's many identity conflicts.
Egypt's new leaders take heat from all sides as they plow ahead (+video)

Even supporters of ex-president Morsi's ouster say the military has too much power – and that leaders are repeating mistakes made after Mubarak's fall.
Global Viewpoint Healing Egypt: Three steps to unify a divided nation

The uprising of millions of Egyptians since June 30 has led to sharp polarization. Growing up in Egypt, I never saw the country as divided as it is today. Efforts to rebuild the nation must focus on justice, reconciliation, and inclusiveness.
Terrorism & Security With F-16s, Obama signals no US challenge to Egypt coup (+video)

If Washington deemed Morsi's removal a coup, the US would be legally required to cut its estimated $1.3 billion in military aid.
Friends again? Saudi Arabia, UAE jump in to aid Egypt

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Kuwait have pledged a total $12 billion to Egypt as it struggles to get back on its feet.
Egypt's coup shakes Brotherhood's Islamic partners in Turkey

Turkey's ruling party invested heavily in Egyptian President Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. Now it stands alone in its vocal criticism of the coup.
Opinion Muslim women of today – not just the past – must be respected in Egypt, Syria

In Egypt and Syria, a shrine and mosque named for two of history's most prominent Muslim women are at the center of the conflicts there. These nations must be inclusive of Muslim women of today to help bring the healing peace taught by the Muslim women of the past.
Opinion Don't view Egypt's coup with a Western lens

Some American analysts welcomed the ouster of Egypt's democratically elected president because it removed a political Islamist and opened the way for secularists. This Western thinking endangers democracy in Egypt. Integrating Islamists into politics is essential in the Arab world.
With new PM, Egypt accelerates return to civilian rule

Egypt's interim president yesterday presented a plan for taking Egypt from military coup to the second president of its post-revolution era.
Egypt: Violence increases pressure on Obama to 'pick sides'

Obama has said the US is 'not aligned with' any side in the strife in Egypt, but with growing Egyptian fears their country could slip into civil war, the pressure to abandon US neutrality mounts.
Bullet casings, witnesses point to 'massacre' by Egyptian Army, police

At least 51 people were killed today when security services opened fire on supporters of deposed President Morsi in the bloodiest incident since before he was ousted.
Backchannels Curtains for democracy in Egypt?

The odds of Egypt becoming a democracy anytime soon went from 'maybe' to 'almost certainly not' today.
Terrorism & Security Bloodshed in Egypt saps support for military-led transition

At least 40 people were killed Monday at a street demonstration, prompting one of the main religious parties to withdraw support for the military-led transitional government.
Mohamed ElBaradei named as Egypt interim prime minister

The Nobel laureate has been an opposition leader and voice of dissent since the fall of Egypt's military government two years ago.
Oil prices up on Egypt crisis, US jobs (+video)

Oil prices jumped nearly $2 Friday on continued protests in Egypt and a healthy US jobs report. It's the highest oil prices have been since last May.
Should US suspend military aid to Egypt, to try to speed new elections?

US influence over events in Egypt is scant. But the US does give $1.6 billion a year in aid, mainly to Egypt's military – and some argue that now is the time to use those dollars as leverage to speed new elections and a return to constitutional order.