Egypt

Limits on U.S. visibility come as the Pentagon considers pulling out of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula altogether.

European countries have suffered from the pandemic, but their southern and eastern neighbors are faring even worse—setting the stage for financial ruin, political instability, and a surge of refugees.

The pandemic has exposed the shortfalls of a government that has neglected the health sector for too long.

Annexing the West Bank would threaten Israel’s peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, anger allies in the Gulf, undermine the Palestinian Authority, and endanger Israel as a Jewish democracy.

Governments around the world are banning fake news about the crisis—and cracking down on their critics while they’re at it.

The United States continues sending military aid to Egypt despite its worsening human rights situation. Could the death of a detained American change that?

By killing the Middle East’s sense of community, the region’s dictators have helped the pandemic on its death march.

Ethiopia and Egypt are at odds over a Nile dam. Washington should be helping them compromise, rather than doing Cairo’s bidding.

The eulogies for Egypt’s fourth president focused on his downfall, but history will remember his overlooked accomplishments while in office.

The Egyptian strongman’s presidency ended in 2011, but the factors that led to his political demise remain.

Hosni Mubarak ruled Egypt for three decades, leaving a legacy of oppression and corruption.

But talks in Washington haven’t yet solved the trickiest questions still looming over the dam’s impact on countries downstream.

The region is accustomed to cycles of protest and political upheaval, so it’s better not to bank on successful revolutions.

Erdogan’s latest bid to reshape the Mediterranean provides military support to Tripoli against Russian-backed rebels.

Protesters get slammed by critics whenever they use force. But for the state, it’s normalized.

The U.S. secretary of state appears to have one foot out the door—and that’s exactly what U.S. diplomats have been waiting for.

Ethiopia’s continued efforts to dam the Nile could end in war with Egypt. Here’s how to stop that from happening.

A previously unknown Egyptian has started an anti-Sisi protest movement—and is opposed by government and liberal elites alike.

The Kingdom of the Yellow Mountain is just the latest in a long string of claimants to ungoverned territory between Egypt and Sudan.