“The tough battle led by different groups in Egypt against Mohamed Morsi’s presidency is reaching its peak these days. The current wave of protests is at a scale which has not been seen since the uprising that toppled the Mubarak regime.

The rivalry between the camps supporting and opposing the president is splitting the Egyptian society in an unprecedented manner, and attempts to bridge between the parties have not borne fruit. Army and police forces are deployed on a large scale, prepared for the possibility of violent clashes and even a scenario in which the army will be forced to intervene in running the country’s affairs.”

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