The death toll has risen past 600 and is expected to keep growing as fighting continues and Israeli forces carry out air strikes across the Gaza Strip, one of the most densely populated places in the world
The reaction to President Sisi’s recent gaffe in telling Egyptians to go hungry while he pursues billion-dollar megaprojects suggests that unrest could again be in the air
By James M Dorsey Protesters in Syria, Bahrain, Libya, Iran, and Israel are dashing autocratic and authoritarian hopes of a prolonged winter. In response, Arab autocrats are scrambling to squash what they fear could evolve into a third wave of protests in little more than a decade. The autocrats have deployed tools ranging from cracking