DALGA, Egypt — A convoy of more than a dozen armored police and army vehicles arrived here just before dawn on Monday, rolling into the rural village that has witnessed the most horrific sectarian violence in Egypt since the military’s ouster two months ago of President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood. Among the damage, a…

Former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq says he will back army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for president, adding to speculation that the man who led the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi could become head of state. Shafiq, a former air force commander who came second in last year’s presidential election, said he would not…

Thousands of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi have taken to the streets in their largest protests for two weeks. Clashes between police and Muslim Brotherhood supporters have broken out in several cites and at least three people are said to have been killed. Earlier this month hundreds of protesters died when security forces…

With every indication that the US – along with a small number of its allies – may be readying a punitive strike against Syrian government forces, an obvious question is what could Syria do to respond? How far could it defend itself against the sort of attack that is being planned? And what steps might…

CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is ramping up calls for nationwide protests, urging people to take to the streets against the new military-backed government. In a pre-recorded message aired late Wednesday on one of Al-Jazeera’s Arabic news channels, top Brotherhood figure Essam el-Erian called on people to rise against the “failed, bloody military regime.”…

More than 1,000 people, including 100 police and soldiers, have been killed in Egypt since July 3 [Reuters] Britain has suspended 49 export licences to Egypt, saying it wanted to prevent British military goods being used in the unrest that has led to civilian deaths in the Arab country. London has already taken action to restrict exports to Egypt,…

The French military is ready to commit forces to an operation in Syria if President Francois Hollande decides to do so, the defense minister said Thursday. But the chief of state, who met with the head of the Syrian opposition, stopped short of announcing military intervention over a suspected chemical weapons attack. Hollande offered his…

A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi sleeps by sand barriers set up by protesters around Raba’a Al-Adaweya square perimeter and surrounding streets in Cairo, Aug. 12, 2013. At least 525 people were killed and 3717 were injured in nationwide violence that erupted in Egypt on Wednesday, according to the health ministry’s latest report…

A boy holds the Egyptian flag at a pro-Mursi sit-in in the Raba’a Al-Adaweya square. Egypt’s violent crackdown on supporters of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi has triggered condemnations from Western powers and Muslim nations who backed the ousted leader. The Egyptian government’s deadly decision to evict mostly Islamist activists from two Cairo protest camps…