Tag Archives: Tahrir Square

Egypt and Syria go pear-shaped

In my previous post I mentioned the anti-Morsi demonstrations that were taking place in Egypt in protest at President Morsi’s sweepting appropriation of powers for himself.  The protests were violent enough to cause Morsi to flee his presidential palace overnight. … Continue reading

Posted in Mideast news, Terrorism | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

What’s happening in Egypt?

It seems that every day brings contradictory news to the day before and it’s very hard to keep track of who is in power, who is in jail, who is demonstrating and who is keeping his head down. In the … Continue reading

Posted in Mideast news | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments