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Arab League countries are quickening the pace for the creation of the Arab joint force as the League announced Monday it would be holding a meeting in August for the ratification of the draft protocol. The meeting in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, will gather Foreign and Defense Ministers of the Arab League member countries on […]
While the inauguration of the New Suez Canal is just about two weeks ahead, Egypt has announced that there are plans to build a third canal. The New Suez Canal, whose construction was launched last year to reduce the country’s unemployment rate and also to boost income, is scheduled to be inaugurated on August 6th. […]
The Islamic State said Thursday it was behind the armed assault outside a checkpoint in el-Mahdiya village in Rafah, a town on the border with the Gaza Strip. One officer and three soldiers died in the attack on their vehicle near the border. The militant group Sinai Province, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic […]
Clashes between the Egyptian army and IS-linked group in Sinai left 7 soldiers and 59 Islamists killed according to army statement released on Sunday. The army said it fought Islamists in Sinai on Saturday killing 59 Jihadists while four of them have been arrested. Seven soldiers have lost their lives during the clashes, said the […]
Clashes between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and security forces after the prayers of Eid al-fitr have left six people dead and at least 15 people arrested. Supporters of the banned organization assembled in the Talbiya and Nahia, neighborhoods of Giza which is part of greater Cairo, to stage a march but their project was […]
The Islamic State said it was behind the rocket attack on the Egyptian army vessel off North Sinai on Thursday. The battle between the Egyptian army and the IS militants has moved on to a new territory with the IS militants launching a “guided missile” at an Egyptian frigate north of Rafah. This is the […]
Amnesty International has decried Egyptian new anti-terrorism law which threatens journalists with jail for reporting anything that contradicts the official account of terrorist attacks. This draft law represents “a flagrant attack on the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association”, said Amnesty International on Wednesday in a press release, describing the bill as […]
Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shukri has questioned, during a joint press conference with visiting Italian peer Paolo Gentiloni, the practices and political actions of several countries that continue to maintain ties with terror groups as he renewed Cairo’s position in the fight against terrorism. Egypt is unpleased with the coverage some media groups are giving […]
The Egyptian government has approved a new controversial anti-terrorism law that makes it illegal to publish news reports that contradicts the government’s official accounts and statements in terrorism cases. Under the new bill, yet to be signed into law by President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, journalists face jail terms (at least two years) if they publish reports […]
President Sissi’s spokesman has announced that the president has signed into law the amended electoral law that provides for the number of constituencies in the country. The long-awaited parliamentary elections could soon be organized if the law is not challenged again. Since the Supreme Court declared in 2012 that the parliament’s lower chamber was unconstitutionally elected, Egypt […]