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Morsi Died, or Was Murdered, While Reciting a Patriotic Poem in a Cage

Mohamed Morsi tried to please everyone in a terribly divided Egyptian society. But in the end, nobody was satisfied.

by Andre Vltchek

IDF General: Israel Behind Coup That Installed Al-Sisi Dictatorship in Egypt

Al-Sisi’s government, widely considered a military dictatorship despite a pale sheen of democracy, has forged increasingly close ties with Israel ever since he came to power in the 2013 coup.

IDF General: Israel Behind Coup That Installed Al-Sisi Dictatorship in Egypt

CAIRO -- Brigadier General Aryeh Eldad of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has claimed that Israel was behind the 2013 military coup that ousted Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president. Eldad made the claim in an article

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Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb is a MintPress News journalist based in Chile. She has contributed to several independent media outlets including Global Research, EcoWatch, the Ron Paul Institute and 21st Century Wire, among others. She has made several radio and television appearances and is the 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.

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Trump Admin Proposes New $8 Billion Loan Fund to Subsidize Foreign Weapon Sales

The revival of the FMF grant program is part of a wider effort by the Trump administration to push US weapon sales and persuade foreign nations to “buy American.”

Trump Admin Proposes New $8 Billion Loan Fund to Subsidize Foreign Weapon Sales

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is pushing for the creation of an $8 billion loan fund in order to boost weapons sales to foreign allies, according to a summary of the administration’s draft budget for next year, which was

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Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb is a MintPress News journalist based in Chile. She has contributed to several independent media outlets including Global Research, EcoWatch, the Ron Paul Institute and 21st Century Wire, among others. She has made several radio and television appearances and is the 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.

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US-Egyptian-Israeli Strategy: Bomb Palestinians into Accepting Trump “Peace Plan”

Since protests along the Israeli fence enclosing the Gaza Strip began on March 30, the Israelis have launched numerous bombings of Palestinian civilian targets, exacerbating the grave and ongoing humanitarian crisis in the region.

US-Egyptian-Israeli Strategy: Bomb Palestinians into Accepting Trump “Peace Plan”

GAZA CITY - The Gaza Strip seemed to maintain a tenuous calm Tuesday after a de facto ceasefire between Palestinian factions and Tel Aviv ended a week of heightened violence that saw the Israeli military pound civilian targets across the coastal enclave. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported that the Israeli assault has raised

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Elliott Gabriel

Elliott Gabriel

Elliott Gabriel is a former staff writer for teleSUR English and MintPress News based in Quito, Ecuador. He has taken extensive part in advocacy and organizing in the pro-labor, migrant justice and police accountability movements of Southern California and the state's Central Coast.

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ISIS’ “Diaspora” Brings US New Opportunities for Its Geopolitical Agenda

The fall of ISIS and in Syria and Iraq signals a new era in the groups future. With eyes now on other battlefield theatres, the group is continually expanding in countries central to the U.S. vs Russian war of influence.

ISIS’ “Diaspora” Brings US New Opportunities for Its Geopolitical Agenda

Damascus (Analysis) -- ISIS’ so-called caliphate is, by all accounts, crumbling in Iraq and Syria as Russia, Syria,

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Darius Shahtahmasebi

Darius Shahtahmasebi

Darius Shahtahmasebi is a practicing attorney with an interest in human rights, international law, and journalism. He is a graduate of the University of Otago, where he obtained degrees in Law and Japanese. Follow him on Twitter at @TVsLeaking.

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Secret Documents Reveal Mubarak’s Plan to Resettle Palestinians in Egypt

According to the documents, Mubarak was responding to an American request when he made his offer.

Secret Documents Reveal Mubarak’s Plan to Resettle Palestinians in Egypt

Secret British documents have revealed that deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had agreed to resettle Palestinians in Egypt over three decades ago. According to the documents, obtained exclusively by the BBC following a Freedom of Information Act disclosure request, Mubarak was responding to an American request when he made

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Egypt’s New Enemies: Turkey, Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood?

As Egypt reels from the worst terrorist attack in its history, the fragile government is scrambling to piece together clues to uncover who is responsible for the tragic attack in Egypt’s Bir al-Abed.

Egypt’s New Enemies: Turkey, Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood?

235 people have been killed, according to a statement by the Egyptian Attorney General.  The massacre was carried out at al-Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abed, west of Arish city.  According to

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Steven Sahiounie

Steven Sahiounie

Steven Sahouni is an independent Syrian political analyst and writer based in Lebanon; he has been covering the Syrian crisis since it's onset in 2011 and has published several articles in numerous media outlets - He is regularly interviewed by US, Canadian and German media.

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