--- description: Egyptians commemorated the start of the country's revolution three years ago with a large rally in Cairo Saturday, featuring traditional music, dancing horses and military... title: Egyptian Revolution's Third Anniversary Marked By Divisions image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98f73dbc36e12399/698a95c79d83e83cb7ba078c/egyptsthirdanniversary.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) # Bloody Anniversary: Egypt's Revolution Turns Three by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Jan 25, 2014 5:19 PM CUT  Anti-government protester holds a national flag during clashes at Ramsis street, which leads to Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, on the third anniversary of Egypt's uprising, January 25, 2014\. Seven people were killed during anti-government marches on Saturday while thousands rallied in support of the army-led authorities, underlining Egypt's volatile political fissures three years after the fall of autocrat president Hosni Mubarak. Security forces lobbed teargas and fired in the air to try to prevent demonstrators opposed to the government from reaching Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of the 2011 uprising that toppled the former air force commander. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANNIVERSARY) Anti-government protester holds a national flag during clashes at Ramsis street, which leads to Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, on the third anniversary of Egypt's uprising, January 25, 2014\. Seven people were killed during anti-government marches on Saturday while thousands rallied in support of the army-led authorities, underlining Egypt's volatile political fissures three years after the fall of autocrat president Hosni Mubarak. Security forces lobbed teargas and fired in the air to try to prevent demonstrators opposed to the government from reaching Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of the 2011 uprising that toppled the former air force commander. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANNIVERSARY)REUTERS by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Jan 25, 2014 5:19 PM CUT Egyptians [commemorated](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML%5FEGYPT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-01-25-09-43-50 "undefined") the start of the country’s revolution three years ago with a large rally in Cairo Saturday, featuring traditional music, dancing horses and military fanfare, while surrounding streets and other provinces were in turmoil as violent clashes marked a bloody anniversary. In Cairo’s Tahrir Square, thousands of pro-military demonstrators supporting army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah el Sissi chanted “execution of the Brotherhood,” turning on anyone suspected of pro-Muslim Brotherhood leanings, [reports](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML%5FEGYPT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-01-25-09-43-50 "undefined") the Associated Press. Journalists were attacked, and a crowd was seen beating a woman in a conservative headscarf, even as men in the square carried pictures of el-Sissi dressed in civilian clothes and patriotic songs played across the square. At least 25 people were killed in clashes around Egypt and in the capital as police descended on protests held in support of Brotherhood leader Mohammad Morsi. Nine people were wounded when a car bomb exploded in the city of Suez. \[[AP](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML%5FEGYPT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-01-25-09-43-50 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7146311/bloody-anniversary-egypts-revolution-turns-three/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7146311/bloody-anniversary-egypts-revolution-turns-three/"},"headline":"Bloody Anniversary: Egypt's Revolution Turns Three","datePublished":"2014-01-25T17:19:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T12:08:43.514Z","description":"Egyptians commemorated the start of the country's revolution three years ago with a large rally in Cairo Saturday, featuring traditional music, dancing horses and military...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7146311/bloody-anniversary-egypts-revolution-turns-three/","keywords":["Egypt"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98f73dbc36e12399/698a95c79d83e83cb7ba078c/egyptsthirdanniversary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98f73dbc36e12399/698a95c79d83e83cb7ba078c/egyptsthirdanniversary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Anti-government protester holds a national flag during clashes at Ramsis street, which leads to Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo","caption":"Anti-government protester holds a national flag during clashes at Ramsis street, which leads to Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo","creditText":"REUTERS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7146311/bloody-anniversary-egypts-revolution-turns-three/","name":"Bloody Anniversary: Egypt's Revolution Turns Three"}}]}] ```