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Egypt Latest News

Egypt Arrests Two More Prominent Activists in Ongoing Sweep

October 13, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt has detained two prominent activists who played key roles in the 2011 revolution, activists and a rights group said, the latest in a wave of arrests in recent weeks. Blogger and journalist Esraa Abdel [ More … ]

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Turkey’s President Erdogan Calls for Snap Elections on June 24

April 19, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

The parliamentary and presidential polls had previously been slated for November 2019. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for snap parliamentary and presidential elections to be held on June 24, more than a year earlier than [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt’s Al-Sisi Renews the State of Emergency for Another Three Months

January 3, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt is to extend its nationwide state of emergency for three months from January 13 to help tackle “the dangers and funding of terrorism,” state news agency MENA said on Tuesday. Last April, Egypt first [ More … ]

Turkey Latest News

Turkey extends state of emergency for 3 more months

July 18, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Deputy Premier Canikli says no fundamental freedoms or basic rights have been restricted during state of emergency The parliament on Monday ratified the Prime Ministry’s motion to extend the ongoing state of emergency in the [ More … ]

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Egypt: Al-Sisi extends state of emergency

June 23, 2017 MEO Staff

The renewed three-month state of emergency will start on July 10. It comes after twin church bombings in April claimed 45 lives. Egypt’s  Abdel Fattah al-Sisi extended a state of emergency declared after twin church [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egyptian Warplanes Bomb Libya after Deadly Attacks on Christians

May 27, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

The Egyptian Armed forces have struck “terrorist training camps” in retaliation for an attack on Coptic Christians, said Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt’s state media said that six strikes hit the town of Derna in [ More … ]

Turkey Latest News

Erdoğan at AK Party Congress: State of emergency will continue if peace not reinstated

May 22, 2017 MEO Staff

The Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) third extraordinary congress is being held in Ankara today as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the founder of the AK Party, is set to be chosen as chairman of [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Reuters’ Special Report Claims ISIS Seeks to Impose Religious Rules in Sinai

May 3, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Reuters released a Special Report saying that Islamic State seeks to impose religious rules in Egypt’s North Sinai. According to Reuters, “On Monday in early April, Shaher Saeed was driving south of the city of [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt Blocks Voice Calls Made Over Social Media

April 27, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt has disrupted voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services this week for users who use messaging apps like Apple’s FaceTime, Viber, Skype, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. The key reason is apparently security concerns, but there’s [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Secret police to be deployed in Egypt’s streets and public squares: Minister

April 25, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt’s Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar issued instructions for secret police to be deployed in Egypt’s streets and public squares to monitor and curtail any instances of criminal intent as Egypt is already under a [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Al-Sisi Declared a Three-Month State of Emergency After Two Deadly Bombings Hit Coptic Churches

April 10, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared a three-month state of emergency after two deadly bombings hit Coptic churches on Sunday, killing at least 44 people. Al- Sisi said in a speech aired on state television, “A series of [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Two Army Officers And Two Soldiers Were Killed By A Roadside Bomb In Sinai

January 29, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt’s army spokesman said Saturday on his Facebook’s official page that two army officers and two soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb during a security operation in northern and central Sinai that killed 20 [ More … ]

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Egypt’s Parliament Extended the State of Emergency in North Sinai

January 25, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt’s parliament extended the state of emergency in North Sinai for three coming months starting 30 January. The majority in Egypt’s parliament voted in favor of the extension. In October 2014, the state of emergency was imposed for [ More … ]

Turkey Latest News

French-Turkish Dissimilar Views on State of Emergency after July 15 Coup

October 26, 2016 MEO Staff

France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said during a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Monday in Ankara that France understands Turkey’s need to pursue the perpetrators of the failed July 15 coup attempt and [ More … ]

Column

The most lukewarm state of emergency in history

September 30, 2016 MEO Staff

BY: İLNUR ÇEVIK* The National Security Council, meeting under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has decided to recommend to the government the extension of the State of Emergency for another three months. Is this [ More … ]

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