Sisi crushes spirit of Arab Spring in Egypt: Activists ‘opened the gates of hell’ Just two years ago, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi celebrated the Egyptian masses who launched the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, saying [ More … ]
Prominent lawyer Hoda Abdelmonem and tens of others have gone missing for two weeks, prompting fears for their safety It has been two weeks since Hoda Abdelmonem, a prominent human rights lawyer, went missing in [ More … ]
On November 3, the World Youth Forum(WYF) took place for the second consecutive year in Sharm el-Sheikh under the patronage of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. As a specially selected group of Egyptian youth was welcomed in [ More … ]
Egypt’s al-Sisi has pledged military support for Gulf Arab states if their security comes under threat, as reported by the state a state-owned newspaper, Al-Ahram. “If the security of the Gulf is directly threatened, Egypt [ More … ]
Gulf states are asserting themselves more than ever, and that’s a problem for the U.S. Three years ago, then Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter attributed Iran’s growing dominance to its being “in the game, on [ More … ]
The Islamic State group’s latest deadly attack in Egypt shows it still has the ability to launch bloody strikes in the country despite pressure from a military offensive in the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt’s army has [ More … ]
Ground, air and naval units from five Arab nations are arriving in Egypt to join their Egyptian counterparts for war games, according to the Egyptian military, in the first sign that a military alliance proposed by [ More … ]
Amnesty International says Egyptian authorities have arrested 19 rights lawyers and activists, including eight women, as part of the country’s ongoing crackdown on civil society. The London-based advocacy group says in a Thursday statement that [ More … ]
The Egyptian authorities on Thursday detained nine people, including seven women, according to sources close to the banned Muslim Brotherhood group. Several Brotherhood sources told Anadolu Agency that the nine had been detained from their [ More … ]
The Egyptian economy has all the economic fundamentals necessary to embark on the path of development; and the efficient management of these resources is the real key to economic advancement, as well as the political [ More … ]
A plan by the Egyptian government to make the country self-sufficient in wheat will likely fail by the 2040s, according to a study by researchers in Egypt and the US. The plan involves intensifying farming [ More … ]
The daughter of a British couple who died while on holiday in Egypt claims her parents’ bodies were sent home with missing organs. John Cooper, 69, and his wife Susan, 63 years, died in August [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities have detained an economist who wrote a book disputing argument made by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, his wife has said. The book criticizes al-Sisi for what it says is his lack of vision to remedy [ More … ]
Why Restoring the Rule of Law is the Best Way Forward? To Stop Sisi, Strengthen Egypt’s Judiciary, according to Foreign Affairs . Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s Egypt is a dangerous place for dissidents. Under Sisi’s command, [ More … ]
The Egyptian and Saudi Armed Forces concluded their joint military drills “Tabuk 4”, which took place in Egypt’s southern military zone and involved land forces from both countries. Egypt’s military says its forces have concluded [ More … ]
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