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By Dr. Henry Srebrnik, Professor of Political Science – University of Prince Edward Island –  As turbulent a country as ever, Egypt, in the last six years, has seen an uprising topple [...]

By Bel Trew – The Times (UK) Two Isis fighters wielding guns approached their target. Bahgat Zakhar, 58, was an Egyptian Copt on a “kill list” and the terrorists had been tracking him for [...]

By Neil Hicks, Human Rights First –  Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will visit President Trump at the White House next week. The visit comes at a time when governments around the [...]

By POMED – Egyptian Envoy to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Amr Ramadan defended his government’s human rights record at a council meeting on Wednesday. Ramadan expressed [...]

By Sean Savage – JNS – As the Islamic State terror group faces setbacks in Syria and Iraq, its affiliate in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has turned its sights on the region’s small Coptic [...]

By C. Meital and H. Varulkar* – MEMRI – Introduction Following Donald Trump’s election to the U.S. presidency, the issue of designating the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) a terrorist [...]

By Eric Trager – The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Much to his Gulf allies’ chagrin, Egypt’s president has not toed their anti-Iranian line in the region, instead [...]

By Raymond Ibrahim – PJMedia – Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis’ pick for undersecretary of defense for policy, Anne Patterson, is problematic. Politico briefly explains why: If [...]

By –  Fox News – President Trump’s defense secretary wants the Pentagon’s top civilian job to go to a onetime prominent supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and the [...]

By World Watch Monitor – UPDATE (8 March) The brother of 18-year-old Hanan Girgis, an Egyptian Christian woman missing since 26 January, says he has been told she has a new Muslim identity [...]