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No, Containing ISIL Is Not “Good Enough”

  ISIL is not contained. Bolan states that approximately 30,000 ISIL fighters, armed with little more than rifles, face a formidable array of weaponry from the Iraqi military, including main [...]

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Brothers in Trouble?

Meanwhile, the Brotherhood’s deteriorating relations with key foreign governments have hindered its attempts to reorganize in exile. Even so, the group hasn’t revised its ideology or [...]

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‘Egypt Working Group’ Presents Biased Views to President Obama

The Working Group on Egypt sent President Obama a letter on September 24th, roundly criticizing him for meeting with Egyptian President, El-Sissi, on the sides of UNGA.  While Coptic [...]

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Proposals for Law to Reduce Restrictions on Building Churches in Egypt

  Although the parliamentary elections haven’t begun yet, the controversy about the houses of worship law started when Christian lawyer Nabil Luka Bibawi filed a lawsuit with the [...]

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NGOs Condemn Cabinet Refusal to Include Women on ‘Legislative Reform Committee’

  A joint statement released by Nazra and 14 other NGOs Saturday said that though the Cabinet finally decided to reply to their request, it rejected the request with the excuse that the [...]

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U.S. Intelligence Underestimated Militants in Syria – Obama to CBS

  Citing earlier comments by James Clapper, director of national intelligence, Obama acknowledged that U.S. intelligence underestimated what had been taking place in Syria. Islamic militants [...]

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Egypt Raises Stakes for Dissent with Life Sentence

  The amendment defines the funding as “anyone who asked for himself or for others, or accepted or took, even through mediation, from a foreign country or those who work for its [...]

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The Dominos of September

  A century ago three states looked promising. Lebanon and Syria contained the urban centers, the commercial and cultural elites and the closest connections to the West. Iraq had plenty of [...]

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Woman Escapes Kidnappers, Says Interior Minister Is a Liar

  She described the place where she was held as an apartment in Cairo. She said “Two women wearing niqab (full veil) watched over me but denied me all means of media such as TV and [...]