As the U.S. struggles to find a way forward in Egypt, the country’s conflict has become a proxy war for competing ideologies in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have pledged $12 billion to Egypt’s interim, military-backed government. On Monday, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal also promised to fill a […]
Over the weekend, hundreds of thousands of Egyptian Islamists took to the streets in a show of support for President Mohamed Morsi, who was removed from office by the military earlier this month. At the same time, the interim government has been cracking down on the Muslim Brotherhood and arresting officials. U.S. authorities have called […]