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 … ]
An American report has warned that Egypt would turn to another Iraq in the Middle East region. The American Conservative website has published a report titled:”Egypt and the End of the Secular Middle East”. The [ More … ]
Three Egyptian police officers have been killed in a drive-by-shooting in Cairo by men armed with machine guns, according to the Egypt’s interior ministry. Two cars approached a police patrol in the busy neighborhood of [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sworn that he would step down from office if he loses next year’s “presidential election” under his repressive military rule. During a question and answer session at a youth conference, [ More … ]
Commenting on Alexandria’s St. Mark Cathedral attack, Kuwaiti security sources blamed the Egyptian authorities for releasing Abu Ishaq Al Masry, the suicide bomber and main suspect, after he had been deported from Kuwait and handed [ More … ]
Chancellor Angela Merkel has been harshly criticized for her visit to Egypt’s military regime which is known for its deteriorating human rights conditions under its military ruler, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. In this context, the European [ More … ]
Following threats by ISIS and increasing attacks of militants affiliated with the terrorist group in the region, dozens of Christian families in Egypt’s North Sinai left their homes and fled away. “Around 35 families have [ More … ]
The rate of attacks against the Christians in Egypt, especially in North Sinai, has dramatically increased over the past few months. Egyptian security officials,who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to [ More … ]
Tarek Amer, the governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) told a parliament’s economic committee that foreign exchange revenues from tourism has declined from $11 billion in 2011 to $3.4 billion in 2016. In [ More … ]
The United Nations has condemned terrorist attacks near the Parliament in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, and the residence of the Provincial Governor of Kandahar, calling for the perpetrators to be brought to justice. The UN mission [ More … ]
BY: ÇETİNER ÇETİN Turkey has been facing serious attacks by PKK and Daesh terror organizations for the past 14 months. This spiral started with an attack on a tourist group in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square last year. [ More … ]
By: Tamer Korkmaz* In 2016, Turkey was under the attack of the terrorist consortium (the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ), the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Daesh) under the leadership of the killer U.S. It was only [ More … ]
BY: İLNUR ÇEVIK* The world may view Turkey as an extremely resilient country and its people hardened by military coups, terrorist attacks and all forms of disasters. Most of these are true. Turkey has withstood all [ More … ]
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