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May 21, 2013
11:27 pm

Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through villages in Sheik Zweid, northern Sinai, Egypt, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (photo credit: AP)

Egyptian troops mistakenly fire on Sinai funeral

Tensions grow as search for kidnapped policemen continues in Peninsula bordering Israel

By Sarah El Deeb

May 16, 2013
1:46 am

Egyptian policemen stand alert at the general prosecutor's office during a protest in Cairo, Thursday, May 9 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egyptian judges suspend talks with president

Supreme Judicial Council terminates participation in government-backed court reform, accuses Morsi of curbing its independence

By Sarah El Deeb

May 13, 2013
1:03 am

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak waves to his supporters from behind bars as he attends a hearing in his retrial on appeal in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 13, 2013 (photo credit: AP)

In first remarks since arrest, Mubarak warns of burden on poor

Egypt’s ousted president reportedly gives first interview to media since revolution in 2011, says too early to judge Morsi

By Sarah El Deeb

May 8, 2013
2:04 am

Mohammed Morsi, center, meets with his cabinet in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, May 7 (photo credit: AP /Egyptian Presidency)

Morsi appoints 9 ministers in Cabinet reshuffle

Opposition unimpressed with changes, demands national unity government

By Sarah El Deeb

May 6, 2013
4:30 am

Israeli strike exposes Syrian challenge for Arabs

Most regional leaders want Western intervention to bring down Assad; what they don’t want is Israeli intervention

By Brian Murphy and Sarah El Deeb

May 1, 2013
3:53 pm

Egypt's leading opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei speaks to journalists at his house in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Tuesday, April 30 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

ElBaradei says Islamists deluded about ability to rule

Egyptian opposition leader argues his camp would win large chunk, if not majority, of parliament in elections it is boycotting

By Hamza Hendawi and Sarah El Deeb

April 19, 2013
1:53 am

A general view of damaged tombs and fetid water at the Jewish cemetery, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 18 (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Egyptian Jewish leader buried in cemetery she tried to restore

Deteriorated graveyard is immediate challenge facing Carmen Weinstein’s successor, Magda Haroun

By Sarah El Deeb

April 9, 2013
2:56 am

Egyptian riot police watch over the Coptic cathedral in the early hours of Monday, April 8, 2013, in Cairo, Egypt. (photo credit: AP)

Egypt’s opposition presses Morsi following violence at Coptic cathedral

ElBaradei calls on president to form merit-based government and legislate election reform

By Sarah El Deeb

April 8, 2013
8:02 am

A tear gas canister is fired by Egyptian riot police into the compound of the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral after the funeral of four Christians killed in sectarian clashes near Cairo over the weekend in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (photo credit:AP/Mostafa El Shemy)

Egypt: Clashes outside Copt cathedral leave one dead

Muslim Brotherhood blames attempts by unnamed parties to broaden instability with sectarian violence

By Sarah El Deeb

March 31, 2013
6:12 pm

‘Egyptian Jon Stewart’ released on bail

Popular TV satirist goes on tweeting throughout 5-hour interrogation, saying prosecutors even ‘asked me the color of my eyes’

By Sarah El Deeb

March 30, 2013
4:52 pm

Egyptian TV host Bassem Youssef addresses attendants at a gala dinner party in Cairo, Egypt on December 8, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Ahmed Omar)

Arrest warrant issued for ‘Egyptian Jon Stewart’

Popular TV satirist Bassem Youssef, whose show parodies Egyptian politics, targeted for allegedly insulting Islam and Morsi

By Sarah El Deeb

March 4, 2013
4:43 pm

File photo of Port Said after clashes between protesters and police, on January 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo)

Death toll rises to five in Port Said clashes

Thousands take to the streets for a mass funeral procession as street battles between Egyptian police and protesters continue

By Mosaad el-Gohary and Sarah El Deeb

March 4, 2013
2:53 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Egyptian military intervenes in Port Said clashes

Thousands of protesters throw rocks and Molotov cocktails at police in street battles raging for hours

By Mosaad el-Gohary and Sarah El Deeb

February 15, 2013
3:33 am

Egyptian protesters shout anti-government slogans and display bread to symbolize the high number of people living in poverty, during a protest in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, last month (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil/File)

Egyptian army apologizes for child’s death

12-year-old Omar Salah killed during clashes between police and protesters in Cairo; government accused of attempting cover-up

By Sarah El Deeb

January 13, 2013
9:52 pm

Salam Fayyad (left) Nouri al- Maliki (center) and Nabil Elaraby (right) attend the International conference in solidarity with Palestinian, Arab prisoners and detainees in Israel, in Baghdad last month. (photo credit: AP/Karim Kadim)

Fayyad says PA to crumble without Arab cash infusion

Palestinian prime minister says Ramallah may not be able to pay workers, calls on Arab League members to pony up $100 million previously pledged

By Sarah El Deeb

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Sarah El Deeb

Egyptian troops mistakenly fire on Sinai funeral

Tensions grow as search for kidnapped policemen continues in Peninsula bordering Israel

Egyptian judges suspend talks with president

Supreme Judicial Council terminates participation in government-backed court reform, accuses Morsi of curbing its independence

In first remarks since arrest, Mubarak warns of burden on poor

Egypt’s ousted president reportedly gives first interview to media since revolution in 2011, says too early to judge Morsi

Morsi appoints 9 ministers in Cabinet reshuffle

Opposition unimpressed with changes, demands national unity government

Israeli strike exposes Syrian challenge for Arabs

Most regional leaders want Western intervention to bring down Assad; what they don’t want is Israeli intervention

ElBaradei says Islamists deluded about ability to rule

Egyptian opposition leader argues his camp would win large chunk, if not majority, of parliament in elections it is boycotting

Egyptian Jewish leader buried in cemetery she tried to restore

Deteriorated graveyard is immediate challenge facing Carmen Weinstein’s successor, Magda Haroun

Egypt’s opposition presses Morsi following violence at Coptic cathedral

ElBaradei calls on president to form merit-based government and legislate election reform

Egypt: Clashes outside Copt cathedral leave one dead

Muslim Brotherhood blames attempts by unnamed parties to broaden instability with sectarian violence

‘Egyptian Jon Stewart’ released on bail

Popular TV satirist goes on tweeting throughout 5-hour interrogation, saying prosecutors even ‘asked me the color of my eyes’

Arrest warrant issued for ‘Egyptian Jon Stewart’

Popular TV satirist Bassem Youssef, whose show parodies Egyptian politics, targeted for allegedly insulting Islam and Morsi

Death toll rises to five in Port Said clashes

Thousands take to the streets for a mass funeral procession as street battles between Egyptian police and protesters continue

Egyptian military intervenes in Port Said clashes

Thousands of protesters throw rocks and Molotov cocktails at police in street battles raging for hours

Egyptian army apologizes for child’s death

12-year-old Omar Salah killed during clashes between police and protesters in Cairo; government accused of attempting cover-up

Fayyad says PA to crumble without Arab cash infusion

Palestinian prime minister says Ramallah may not be able to pay workers, calls on Arab League members to pony up $100 million previously pledged

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