At the time news spreads that Egypt will consider extending the presidential term allowing al-Sisi to stay in power beyond 2022, Open Democracy describe Egypt to be living a Horror Story. A report titled: Egypt:A [ More … ]
The large-scale and wide geographic spread of protests in Sudan over the past few weeks pose a greater threat to the regime of President Omar Al-Bashir than ever before in his thirty-year grip on power. [ More … ]
Ex-NSA operatives reveal how they helped spy on targets for the Arab monarchy — dissidents, rival leaders and journalists. wo weeks after leaving her position as an intelligence analyst for the U.S. National Security Agency [ More … ]
A press freedom group has called on Egyptian authorities to reverse their decision to take over a daily newspaper, a day after security forces stormed its headquarters. Reporters Without Borders that the decision to take [ More … ]
It seems that al-Sisi’s authoritarian measures have fueled more terrorist attacks to Egypt rather than limiting them. After the devastating attack on the Egyptian security forces, unprecedented reshuffle took place at the top of [ More … ]
After a meeting in Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump praised Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt again during his first overseas trip, saying “safety seems to be very strong” and accepted the invitation to visit Cairo. Trump claimed [ More … ]
Egypt’s Defense Minister Sedky Sobhy met on Wednesday in Cairo with U.S. Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Air Force General Joseph L. Lengyel and his accompanying delegation, where they discussed several issues of mutual [ More … ]
News that Al-Sisi is employing local militia to offer assistance to the Egyptian security forces in their war against ISIS, shows how desperate al-Sisi’s war against ISIS has become, said the Independent in a report. This, [ More … ]
The leaked video that showed the Egyptian soldiers executing eight unarmed detainees, including a minor, in the Sinai peninsula and tried to cover up the extrajudicial killings by claiming they had happened in combat should alarm all those [ More … ]
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he was optimistic about improving military ties with Egypt after talks with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, following a period of tension under the Obama administration. The Pentagon stated [ More … ]
Mahmoud Hegazy, Egypt’s army chief of staff, headed to London on Wednesday in his second official visit to UK within two months. Hegazy was accompanied by army military officials, according to an official security source, speaking on condition [ More … ]
Privacy International, human rights watchdog, focused on privacy intrusions by governments and businesses, said that subsequent to their letter of January 2017 to the Italian export authorities which expressed their belief that the export of an internet [ More … ]
Russian security officers have been acting in Egypt since the beginning of 2014, according to an exclusive report by Arabi 21 news website citing special security sources. he source said the Russian officers, along intelligence and [ More … ]
After deadly bombings hit two Coptic churches on Sunday, killing at least 45 people, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared a three-month state of emergency. However, the new emergency measures are said to grant broad powers to security [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s scheduled meeting with US President Donald Trump on April 3, 2017, comes at a time when human rights are at a nadir in Egypt and under threat in the US, according to Human [ More … ]
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