Tag: Abdel Fatah al-Sisi

Egypt: Interior Ministry Claims Killing Senior IS Member in Restive Sinai

July 19, 2017

The Egyptian interior ministry Tuesday announced in a statement the killing of a prominent member of the Islamic State group (IS) in the Sinai after ... Read More

Egypt: Administrative Court Rejects Parliament Approval of Red Sea islands’ Handover to KSA

June 21, 2017

Egypt’s highest administrative court Tuesday issued a new verdict opposing Egyptian parliament’s approval of government decision to surrender Tiran and Sanafir islands in the Red ... Read More

Egypt: Court lowers Prison Sentence to Police Officer for killing Peaceful Protester

June 20, 2017

A criminal court in the Egyptian capital Monday pressed a ten-year condemnation against First Lt. Yaseen Hatem accused in 2015 for killing political activist Shaimaa ... Read More

Egypt: UN Human right boss charges al-Sisi’s approach against terrorism

May 2, 2017

The Head of UN Human Right Commission has lambasted President al-Sisi’s strategy against terrorism as he argued that crackdown on human rights groups and activists ... Read More

Egypt back to state emergency

April 10, 2017

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi Sunday declared three month state of emergency following two terrorist deadly attacks on Coptic churches in Alexandria and Tanta. Both ... Read More

Egypt Strives to Attract Foreign Investment

August 11, 2016

The Egyptian government is putting the final touches on new foreign direct investment (FDI) council to be launched very soon in a bid to drain ... Read More

Egypt: Sisi Receives Backing of US Republicans Despites Poor Human Rights Record

April 4, 2016

US Republicans Sunday stunned the world as they threw support behind Egyptian strongman al-Sisi calling him “the right man at the right time" to lead ... Read More

Egypt: New parliament to ratify over 300 presidential decrees in 15days

January 11, 2016

The Egyptian parliament was filled by the newly elected deputies on Sunday after it remained empty for more than three years following a court ruling ... Read More

Egypt: Al-Sisi seeks international help to confront Libya

December 9, 2015

After a meeting between the leaders of Cyprus, Egypt and Greece in Athens to discuss terrorism, migration and development, President al-Sisi in a joint press ... Read More

Egypt-Elections: a turn out below 30%

November 26, 2015

The first round of the second phase of the Egyptian parliamentary elections that was held in the remaining 13 provinces attracted a voter turnout of ... Read More