#crisis-in-middle-east

A camel stands in front of the Khafre pyramid, at the historical site of the Giza Pyramids, near Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. Due to the country's violent turmoil, some flights that can carry more than 100 passengers from Europe arrive with just n

Kamis , 29 Aug 2013, 03:00 WIB

Ambassador of Egypt says his country safe for Indonesian students

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Egyptian Ambassador to Indonesia Baha Dessouki said his country ensured the safety of all foreigners living in Egypt, including Indonesian students, despite current tension. "The situation in...

Egyptian vendors sell fool, or fava beans, from a cart with verses from the Quran in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. The current bout of violence is the worst in Egypt's 2 ½ years of turbulent transition. (illustration)

Rabu , 28 Aug 2013, 02:49 WIB

Egypt Brotherhood leader denies 'terrorism' claim

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CAIRO - A fugitive leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has denied accusations his group is committing acts of "terrorism" following the coup that toppled the country's president. Egypt's media, almost uniformly anti-Brotherhood after the closure of Islamist television stations, have described the crackdown as a "war against terrorism." "Don't be fooled by these lies and deception that aim to...

Selasa , 27 Aug 2013, 05:40 WIB

Egyptian opposition groups seek truce with army

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CAIRO - Two groups of Presiden Mohammaed Mursi's...

Ahad , 25 Aug 2013, 01:00 WIB

Yudhoyono: No urgency to evacuate Indonesian citizens from Egypt.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reiterated that...

Sabtu , 24 Aug 2013, 23:11 WIB

Egypt reopens border crossing with Gaza

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, EL-ARISH - An Egyptian official says the country's...

US President Barack Obama says on CNN that cutting off Egypt aid

Sabtu , 24 Aug 2013, 00:03 WIB

Obama: Cutting Egypt aid may not reverse actions

Abandoned shoes and a tea glass, belonging to supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi, remain on a wall outside the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, last week. (file photo)

Jumat , 23 Aug 2013, 19:31 WIB

Egypt braces for fresh protests

Egyptian medics and military policemen escort former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak into an ambulance after after he was flown by a helicopter ambulance to the Maadi Military Hospital from Torah prison in, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013.

Kamis , 22 Aug 2013, 22:50 WIB

Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak released

Police detained the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie, early Tuesday after his son Ammar Badie (38 years) killed on Friday by Egyptian security forces. A relative of Badie makes a finger sign that they say symbolizes the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque. (file photo)

Selasa , 20 Aug 2013, 09:30 WIB

Egypt arrests supreme leader of Muslim Brotherhood

Sinai Peninsula, a border area between Egypt and Israel (file photo)

Selasa , 20 Aug 2013, 09:02 WIB

Israel quietly maintains ties with Egyptian army

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sits inside a cage in a courtroom in Cairo June 2, 2012.

Selasa , 20 Aug 2013, 08:51 WIB

Egypt: Court raises possibility of a free Mubarak

A son of Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader Mohammed Badie, prays while attending his burial in Cairo's Katameya district, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013.

Senin , 19 Aug 2013, 11:21 WIB

Egypt: 36 killed in prison truck escape attempt

US Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to Congress and co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, says he will cut off aid to Egypt. Members of Congress are split over the issue. (file photo)

Senin , 19 Aug 2013, 08:00 WIB

US Congress split on cutting off aid to Egypt

An Egyptian child displays empty tear gas canisters among the debris of a protest camp in Nahda Square, near Cairo University in Giza, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. (file photo)

Senin , 19 Aug 2013, 06:28 WIB

EU to 'urgently review' its relations with Egypt

An Egyptian security force kicks a supporter of ousted President Mohammed Mursi as they clear a sit-in camp set up near Cairo University in Cairo's Giza district, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013.

Ahad , 18 Aug 2013, 14:39 WIB

Egypt on edge after storming of protester mosque

Egyptians Army forces stand guard outside the al-Fatah mosque after hundreds of Islamist protesters barricaded themselves inside the mosque overnight, near Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013.

Ahad , 18 Aug 2013, 14:28 WIB

Minister: No plan to evacuate Indonesians from Egypt

Indonesian mass organizations hold a peaceful rally in Jakarta on Friday to show their solidarity to the crisis in Egypt.

Sabtu , 17 Aug 2013, 10:30 WIB

FM: Indonesia tries to communicate with Egyptian government

Egyptians carry a coffin with the corpse of a supporter of ousted Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Mursi in the El-Iman mosque at Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013.

Egyptian death toll soars to 638

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CAIRO - Weeping relatives in search of loved ones uncovered the faces of the bloodied, unclaimed dead in a Cairo mosque near the smoldering epicenter of support for ousted President Mohammed Mursi, as the death toll soared past 600 Thursday from Egypt's deadliest day since the Arab Spring began. World condemnation widened for the bloody crackdown on Mursi's mostly...