The Egyptian government is on talks over purchase of €5bn worth of Naval Group Barracuda-class submarines from France Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi wants to buy up to six Barracuda-class submarines from Naval Group, the European [ More … ]
The Egyptian authorities have released the Egyptian activist, of Palestinian origins, Ramy Shaath, one of the founders of the “Israel Boycott Movement”, according to AFP, citing a judiciary source. Egypt’s prosecution on Monday ordered the [ More … ]
A French human rights activist has written an analytical article about the recent leaks related to France’s Operation Sirli in Egypt. Albane de Rochebrune, a human rights defender and a communications consultant, on 1st. December [ More … ]
Investigative website reveals that the French forces sent to support their Egyptian counterparts have been involved in at least 19 airstrikes against civilians in Egypt between 2016 and 2018. Disclose, an investigative website published a [ More … ]
Earlier Monday, the investigative website Disclose said the deal was worth €3.75 billion ($4.52 billion). Egypt signed an agreement to purchase 30 Rafale fighter jets from France, according to the country’s armed forces spokesperson on [ More … ]
The Turkish and French presidents have exchanged letters in which they have agreed to resume talks aimed at mending ties. Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrote a New Year message to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, [ More … ]
Paris conferred the Legion d’Honneur on Egyptian ruler as an apparent thank you for being a loyal customer of France’s arms industry, reports Borzou Daragahi France’s President Emmanuel Macron gifted Egypt’s authoritarian ruler Abdel Fattah al-Sisi [ More … ]
The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, said on Sunday that those who insult the Prophet Muhammad would be prosecuted in international courts, refusing to consider the insulting cartoons of the Messenger of Islam [ More … ]
Calls to boycott French products are growing in the Middle East and the Islamic world after France President Emmanuel Macron said his country “will not give up cartoons” depicting the Prophet Mohammad and ‘Islamists will [ More … ]
UN experts accuse coalition partners Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as well as the Houthi movement, of possible war crimes Western powers and Iran are fueling the devastating war in Yemen by continuing [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan protects his nation’s interests while his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron “sells out France”, Prominent French philosopher Michel Onfray told The Independent Turkish in an interview published Thursday. Speaking to The [ More … ]
U.S. remains on the sidelines in Libya’s conflict as Russia extends its reach in the north African country, says a WP report An absence of U.S. leadership in Libya has allowed a dangerous international confrontation [ More … ]
The collapse of Libyan militiaman Khalifa Haftar’s offensive against the capital Tripoli thanks to Turkish military intervention has exposed Europe’s inability to shape the conflict at its borders and left France trying to hedge its [ More … ]
Unannounced visit comes as France ramps up efforts to ease tensions between Iran and US over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Iran‘s top diplomat has held talks with France‘s President Emmanuel Macron at the sidelines of the [ More … ]
Tensions in the Gulf between the US, Saudi Arabia and Iran have been exacerbated this week with the deployment of Houthi strikes on the neighboring kingdom. Yemen’s Houthis launched two attacks on a Saudi airport [ More … ]
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