Abdel El Sisi
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The Irish Times view on the Arab Spring 10 years on: lessons from a righteous revolt
- Editorial
- December 20, 2020, 21:30
‘Al-Sha’b Yurid Isqat al-Nizam.” “The people demand the overthrow of the regime.” This battle cry of rebellion in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya and Syr(...)

US urges Arab and Muslim states to follow UAE deal with Israel
- Middle East
- August 13, 2020, 21:36
The White House has urged other Arab and Muslim states to follow the United Arab Emirates’ lead and open diplomatic relations with Israel, following a(...)

The Irish Times view on Hosni Mubarak’s legacy: a tyrant whose regime lives on
- Editorial
- February 26, 2020, 19:00
Hosni Mubarak may have lost power in the heady days of the Arab Spring of 2011, but Egyptians have continued to live, since the 2013 coup, under the i(...)

The Irish Times view on the UN general assembly: a challenge to the liberal consensus
- Editorial
- September 23, 2019, 20:00
The United Nations has faced many challenges since its foundation in 1945, but never have so many of its most powerful members set themselves so force(...)

Heavy police presence in Egyptian capital Cairo after protests
- Middle East
- September 22, 2019, 16:52
The centre of the Egyptian capital Cairo was on Sunday gripped by a heavy police presence following protests in the city’s iconic Tahrir Square and ot(...)

Former Egypt president Mohamed Morsi dies in court
- Africa
- June 17, 2019, 17:14
Egypt’s former president Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader who rose to office in the country’s first free elections in 2012 and was ousted(...)

The world in 2019: Populist problems, abdication and Brexit
- World
- January 5, 2019, 06:00
Brazil Brazil began a sombre new era on January 1st with the inauguration of its new president, far-right 63-year-old populist provocateur Jair Bolso(...)

Israel will not co-operate with UN human rights inquiry
- Middle East
- May 18, 2018, 20:50
Israel says it won’t co-operate with the inquiry called for by the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) on Friday into recent violence on the Is(...)

Egyptian election: Sisi wins second term with 97% of vote
- Middle East
- April 3, 2018, 11:52
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has won a second, four-year term in office, with more than 97 per cent of the vote in last week’s election, ac(...)

Trump undermines journalists but he does not kill them
- Opinion
- January 13, 2018, 05:00
Donald Trump is many things, a lot of them bad, but he’s not among the world’s foremost oppressors of the media, as the Committee to Protect Journalis(...)