Hundreds of Egyptians took to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday demanding the resignation of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The demonstration came in response to calls for protests by a self-exiled Egyptian businessman who recently claimed large-scale corruption by the military and government. Security forces attempted to break up the gathering in Cairo, with skirmishes taking place between police and protesters in the roads leading up to Tahrir Square. Protesters were ...
![Egyptian security stand in the vicinity of flames following an attack by saboteurs on an Egyptian gas pipeline on July 12, 2011. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/sinai_pipeline.jpg?itok=93AzHzv1 "Egyptian security stand in the vicinity of flames following an attack by saboteurs on an Egyptian gas pipeline on July 12, 2011. [AFP]")
![Egyptian students of al-Azhar University block the access to an administration building during an anti-army protest on October 30, 2013 at the university in Cairo. [KHALED KAMEL/AFP/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/186292324.jpg?itok=hw60tw-J "Egyptian students of al-Azhar University block the access to an administration building during an anti-army protest on October 30, 2013 at the university in Cairo. [KHALED KAMEL/AFP/Getty Images]")
