Negotiations over political transition put on ice as violence flares in Sudan, leaving several demonstrators wounded. At least 14 people have been wounded, some from gunfire, when Sudanese forces tried to remove demonstrators from central [ More … ]
Army rulers in Sudan have agreed to form a joint civilian-military council following pressure from protesters. Sudanese protesters Sunday welcomed a breakthrough in talks with army rulers who agreed to form a joint civilian-military council, [ More … ]
Egypt’s latest referendum results reveal as much as they conceal. Egypt has just passed constitutional amendments in a hastily-arranged referendum that ended on April 22. They are important mostly because they will advance President Abdel-Fattah [ More … ]
Amid continuing pressure to transfer power to a civilian government, Sudanese protesters are rejecting support from Saudi Arabia and the UAE to the military regime. With Sudan in turmoil following the ouster of longtime President [ More … ]
The new rise in the wages and pensions of Egypt’s army and police officers has disproved the recent claims made by Egypt’s Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, in which he confirmed that their salaries were “weak,” local [ More … ]
Egyptian opposition parties have formed a coalition against proposed changes to the constitution that would allow Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to stay in office well beyond the end of his current term in 2022, two opposition leaders [ More … ]
As the Egyptian president prepares for the country’s first arms expo, analysts say Egyptian citizens do not benefit from lavish state spending In early December, the world’s arms companies are set to descend on Egypt. [ More … ]
As Egypt is cracking down on militants across the country, particularly in the country’s Sinai region, some experts and rights groups have voiced concerns that the country’s security forces are using counterterror measures to target [ More … ]
The phenomenon of the Egyptian Army’s control over the country’s economy has become agreed upon by researchers and those interested in the military concern. Although the military institution maintains strict confidentiality of the information, data, [ More … ]
Army chief of staff, ministers and top commanders of ground and air defence forces replaced, in series of royal decrees. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has fired his top military commanders and reshuffled his cabinet in [ More … ]
Sami Anan in 2016. Anan was jailed earlier this month after announcing his intention to run against current Egyptian leader Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. On Feb. 19, the Washington Post published a report by Aya Hijazi, Aya [ More … ]
The number of civilians sentenced to death in Egypt’s military courts leapt from 60 in 2016 to at least 112 in 2017, according to two independent rights groups. Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected civilian [ More … ]
An Egyptian human rights organization stated on Sunday that 254 people have “forcibly disappeared” in the country over the past six months. While the Egyptian authorities repeatedly deny the cases of “enforced disappearance” in the [ More … ]
An operation is expected to launch against militants near informal refugee camps in the Lebanon’s east, the prime minister said on Tuesday. Lebanese security forces will launch an operation against militants near informal refugee camps [ More … ]
A fresh batch of Turkish troops arrived in Qatar on Tuesday, to carry out joint training exercises as part of an Ankara-Qatar military agreement. Qatar’s ministry of defense announced the arrival of the sixth batch [ More … ]
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