Obama tells Morsi: US does not favor any Egypt group
US President Obama told Egypt’s President Morsi in a phone call Monday that the United States does not support any particular group, and that only Egyptians can determine their future. The comments are...
View ArticleWhite House: US not ‘urging’ Morsi to hold early elections
The White House on Tuesday pushed back on a report that American officials are urging Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi to call early elections, in response to the largest anti-government...
View ArticleEgypt protests: live-feed
Live feed from Cairo’s Tahrir Square Wednesday showing millions of Egyptian protesters celebrating as the Egyptian army’s deadline passed for Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to respond to protesters’...
View ArticleMorsi ousted: Egypt army suspends constitution, calls early elections
Egypt’s military chief announced Wednesday that it was stepping in to transfer power from Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammad Morsi to a technocratic government ahead of early parliamentary and...
View ArticleObama statement on Egypt avoids ‘coup’
President Obama refrained from declaring the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi a military coup in a statement issued Wednesday after White House consultations with his national security...
View ArticleUS presses Egypt for swift return to civilian rule, against arbitrary arrests
President Obama met with his national security team on Egypt on the July 4th holiday, as US officials consulted with allies and pressed Egyptian officials for a swift transition back to civilian rule....
View ArticleEx envoys Wisner, Kurtzer: What the U.S. should do now in Egypt
Two former U.S. envoys to Egypt advise that given the uncertain and violent turn of events, Washington should avoid public statements for now. Washington was perhaps slow to recognize and try to...
View ArticleUS Deputy NSA Blinken’s unannounced visit to UAE to discuss Egypt
US Deputy National Security Advisor Antony Blinken traveled to the United Arab Emirates earlier this week for consultations with Emirati, Iraqi and other Gulf country officials on Egypt, the White...
View ArticleBoth Egypt, US reviewing their relations, Egypt’s envoy says
Egypt and the United States are reviewing their relations, but both countries benefit from their strategic partnership, Egypt’s envoy to Washington said Monday. “No doubt we are in a state in which...
View ArticleUS expected to tap Iraq envoy for Cairo
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Robert Stephen Beecroft is expected to be nominated to be the next US envoy to Egypt, U.S. officials and diplomatic sources tell Al-Monitor, after the Cairo embassy has been...
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