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Topic: Yasser Ali

February 18, 2013
5:47 pm

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi attends the third session of the Arab Economic Summit, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, January 21, 2013. (photo credit: AP)

Islamist adviser to Egypt’s Morsi quits

Resignation is latest sign of tension between Salafi Al-Nour party and the president’s Muslim Brotherhood

February 6, 2013
9:53 pm

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, meet in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, February 5 (photo credit: AP/Egyptian Presidency)

Ending Syria violence a condition to Egypt-Iran ties

Cairo official says his country will warm connection with Tehran only after crisis in Syria ends

January 24, 2013
12:55 pm

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (center) meets with Republican Sen. John McCain (center left) at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on Wednesday, January 16, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Egyptian Presidency)

Morsi: Jewish-controlled media distorted my ‘apes and pigs’ remark

US senators ‘physically recoiled’ during tense recent Cairo meeting, which almost fell apart after they challenged Egyptian president

By Raphael Ahren

January 17, 2013
9:45 pm

The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi gives an interview to Lebanese Al-Quds TV, in October 2010 (image capture MEMRI video)

US says Morsi backtrack on anti-Semitic remarks inadequate

State Department calls statement repudiating discrimination important first step, but wants greater proof of tolerance

January 2, 2013
10:50 am

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr speaks during a press conference in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Alaa Al-Marjani)

As Iraq continues to ferment, Shiite cleric blames PM

Egypt gears up for parliamentary elections as UAE busts a Muslim Brotherhood cell

By Elhanan Miller

December 10, 2012
5:32 pm

Egyptian soldiers stand guard on top a tank in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Dec. 9 (photo credit: AP/Petr David Josek)

Egyptian army assigned policing duties ahead of referendum

Morsi spokesperson says move does not constitute a declaration of martial law

By Hamza Hendawi

November 27, 2012
4:08 pm

Egyptian security forces arrest a protester during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, November 27, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Over 200,000 mass in Cairo’s Tahrir Square as anti-Morsi anger spreads

50 injured in clashes between supporters and opponents of Egyptian president

By Hamza Hendawi and Sarah El Deeb and Times of Israel staff

October 2, 2012
2:17 am

Free Syrian Army soldiers sit at a check point in Ain al-Arous town in Raqqa, Syria on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (photo credit: Ugarit News/AP video)

Senior Egyptian delegation heads to Syria

Cairo reiterates opposition to military intervention in civil war

September 30, 2012
3:01 pm

An Israeli tank patrols the Israel-Egypt border (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/FLASH90)

Egyptian president’s adviser describes Israel as ‘occupied Arab Palestine’

‘This will remain its name till the end of time,’ aide says regarding Cairo’s future relations with Israel

By Elhanan Miller

September 2, 2012
3:16 pm

Egyotian President Mohammed Morsi (left) shakes hands with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the NAM conference, August 30, 2012 (photo credit: AP)

For Egyptian TV broadcasters, veils are now allowed

Syrian oppositionists attack government airports; Egypt remains frosty on Iran and a leading Iraqi politician will not speak to his coalition partner

By Elhanan Miller

August 29, 2012
9:36 am

Egyptian border guards patrol near the border with Israel in Rafah, Egypt (photo credit: AP/Ahmed Gomaa, File)

Reformed jihadists mediate for Morsi with Sinai Islamists

A group of former radicals who fought the Egyptian government hold dialogue with terrorists to end offensive

August 28, 2012
10:18 am

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to reporters. (photo credit: AP)

Egyptian president names mainly Islamist advisers

Mohammed Morsi’s team includes three women and two Christians, but shirks campaign promise to appoint a Christian and a woman as vice presidents

August 22, 2012
7:12 pm

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi at the presidential palace in Cairo in July (photo credit: AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Egyptian president plans US visit next month

Mohammad Morsi will also attend meeting of the UN General Assembly

August 9, 2012
2:50 am

An Egyptian man mourns during the funeral of 16 slain soldiers in Cairo Tuesday (photo credit: AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Morsi lets heads roll to placate a furious street

As public anger for Rafah attack turns to the president, Morsi’s dramatic security shakeup is an acute sign of weakness

By Elhanan Miller

July 10, 2012
12:00 pm

Egyptian Field Marshal Gen. Hussein Tantawi (left) and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (center) attend a medal ceremony at a military base east of Cairo (photo credit: Mohammed Abd El Moaty, Egyptian Presidency/AP)

Defying military warning, Morsi convenes Egyptian parliament

Move by the new president sets the stage for a political confrontation with the military

By AP and Times of Israel staff