Category: Egypt

2017 Military Strength Ranking: Seven African Countries in the Top 55

September 15, 2017

Each year, the Global Firepower specialist site draws up its global ranking of conventional armies, which does not take into account the stockpiles of nuclear ... Read More

Egypt: Cairo meets US demands, cuts military ties with Pyongyang

September 13, 2017

Egyptian Defense minister on a visit to South Korea has told host officials that the North African country has severed military ties with North Korea, ... Read More

Egypt-USA: White House Sets Six Conditions before Release of Military Aid

August 28, 2017

The US Administration has set six conditions to be met by Cairo before it unfreezes the military aid it cut last week, London-based The New ... Read More

Egypt: Medical Staff Involved in Organ Trafficking Arrested

August 24, 2017

The Egyptian interior ministry announced it clamped down on a private hospital and arrested 12 people including medial staff involved in human organ trafficking, in ... Read More

Egypt Gets $116 Mln Financial Support For Solar Projects

August 22, 2017

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Proparco have contributed $58 million each for the construction and operation of two 50 MW solar ... Read More

Egypt: Three terrorists connected to anti-Copt attacks killed

August 11, 2017

The interior ministry announced Thursday security forces clashed with terrorists apparently with links with May attack against Coptic Christians killed while traveling to a monastery ... Read More

Libya: Cairo Pushes to Blow up Hedge between Factions

August 4, 2017

Egypt has convened Libyan factions involved in the political process in the oil-rich North African country, asking them to establish modern democratic state and end ... Read More

Middle East biggest military base inaugurated in Egypt

July 24, 2017

A new military base, the largest in the Middle East and Africa, was inaugurated over the weekend and baptized after the leader of the 1952 ... Read More

Egypt: Multiplied Travel Warnings Deal Hard Blow to Tourism

July 24, 2017

While the tourism sector in Egypt was hardly showing signs of recovery, terrorism once again touched this core of the Egyptian economy, with consequences likely ... Read More

UN: Egypt accuses Qatar of pro-terrorism policy

July 21, 2017

Egypt expressed concern over the countries, which do not respect the UN Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions on terror groups, singling out Qatar for what ... Read More