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EDITORIAL: Chaos in Cairo

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A member of the security forces is dragged and stripped of his vest by protesters after his police vehicle was pushed off the 6th of October bridge by protesters, near the largest sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Egyptian police in riot gear swept in with armored vehicles and bulldozers Wednesday to clear the sit-in camps set up by supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president in Cairo, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out. (AP Photo/Sabry Khaled) EGYPT OUT

BUCCI: Why not send our generals to Cairo?

By Steven Bucci

A supporter of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi shouts during clashes with Egyptian security forces in Cairo's Nasr City district, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Egyptian police in riot gear swept in with armored vehicles and bulldozers Wednesday to clear two sprawling encampments of supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president in Cairo, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

EDITORIAL: Chaos in Cairo

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi clashes with security forces in Cairo's Nasr City district. (Associated Press)

Obama’s foreign policy fails to gain footing in renewed Middle East

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama tees off while golfing at Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Obama plays golf as White House condemns Egypt violence

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about the ongoing situation in Egypt before the start of a press briefing at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 14, 2013. Kerry said the violence in Egypt is deplorable and is a serious blow to reconciliation efforts. (Associated Press)

Kerry: Violence in Egypt a ‘serious blow to reconciliation’

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi attend Friday prayers at a camp near Cairo University in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. An international human rights group has warned of a "bloodbath" if Egypt's new leadership uses force to end sit-ins by loyalists of the country's ousted president. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Morsi supporter: I’d give my daughter for the cause

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi rest in a tent watching TV on Tuesday outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where protesters have installed a camp and held daily rallies at Nasr City in Cairo. Instead of rushing for the exits, Islamist supporters are replacing tents with wooden huts in their Cairo encampment. (Associated Press)

New rulers in Egypt saddled with a protester dilemma

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

An Egyptian girl waves a national flag while supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against the Egyptian Army at the sit-in at Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, which is fortified with multiple walls of bricks, tires, metal barricades and sandbags, and where protesters have installed their camp in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Egypt police say they will besiege sit-in sites

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Embassy Row: ‘Ambassador of evil’

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a protest outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where protesters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies at Nasr City in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

U.S. official visits senior Egypt Islamist in jail

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

** FILE ** Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where they have installed a camp and hold daily rallies at Nasr City, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Egypt says clock ticking on sit-in standoff

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

** FILE ** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, addresses the 114th annual national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Monday, July 22, 2013, at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

PAUL: A coup is a coup is a coup — in Egypt, too

By Sen. Rand Paul - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul

Senate rejects Paul push to cut Egypt aid

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Brotherhood’

By Joshua Sinai - Special to The Washington Times

Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television)

Saudi Arabia accused of giving Egypt $1B to oust Morsi

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Wednesday, July 10, 2013, photo, supporters of ousted Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi hold posters of him as they protest during the Islamic month of Ramadan, in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

EU’s Catherine Ashton meets with Mohammed Morsi: ‘He is well’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi stands behind a makeshift barricade in Nasr City, where protesters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies, in Cairo on Monday, July 29, 2013. Europe's top diplomat urged Egypt's government to reach out to the Muslim Brotherhood as she worked Monday to mediate an end to the country's increasingly bloody crisis, while the mainly Islamist protesters calling for the return of ousted leader Mohammed Morsi massed for more protests. (Associated Press)

White House says no plans to cut Egypt aid

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Opponents of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi protest at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday, July 26, 2013. Security forces clashed with Mr. Morsi's supporters early Saturday in the country's bloodiest incidence of violence since the military deposed him. (AP Photo/Hossam Diab, Egyptian army)

Egypt: New clashes kill 2 as Morsi backers defiant

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi carry an injured man to a field hospital following clashes with security forces at Nasr City, where pro-Morsi protesters have held a weekslong sit-in, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Morsi supporters, setting off clashes that lasted for hours and left tens of people dead. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Clashes between Morsi supporters, military leave at least 38 dead in Egypt

Associated Press