Ilan Berman writes: Egypt’s post-Islamist government is facing a remarkably similar situation. Beset by worsening economic conditions and rising discontent among the country’s youth, the Egyptian regime, now headed by Sisi, is decidedly on the skids—with potentially dire consequences for the country, and the region as a whole. – The National Interest A senior assistant to Egypt's top prosecutor survived an assassination attempt when a car bomb exploded in an eastern suburb of Cairo as his motorcade was passing by on Thursday evening, an interior ministry statement said. - Reuters Throughout President Obama’s time in the White House, Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Persian Gulf have watched with dismay as the kingdom’s decades-old alliance with the United States seemed to be slipping. – New York Times Over the past two years, hundreds of political activists, journalists and students — anyone deemed a threat to the [Egyptian] government — have been picked up by the national security agency and “forcibly disappeared,” according to human rights groups. Now, a new app disguised as a common feature on cellphones — a calculator — is being used to protect the next victims and, perhaps, hold the government accountable. – Washington Post
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