Tag: Al-Sisi

Egypt: US must check al-Sisi’s steady power grab- Carnegie Endowment

March 26, 2019

Recent constitution change maneuvers to expand President Fattah al-Sisi’s stay in power beyond 2022 and the unprecedented crackdown on criticism must wake up US policymakers, ... Read More

Turkey’s Erdogan vows never to meet al-Sisi with political prisoners still in jails

February 25, 2019

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged never to encounter President Fattah al-Sisi if the latter does not free prisoners, including ousted President Mohamed Morsi ... Read More

Egypt: UN Human Rights Boss Charges al-Sisi’s Approach against Terrorism

May 2, 2017

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

Egypt: Army Killed 3 Key Daech Leaders in Airstrikes in Sinai

April 21, 2017

The Egyptian army Thursday indicated that strikes conducted by military aircrafts in the Sinai have killed several militants of the Islamic State group (IS) including ... Read More

Egypt: al-Sisi vows to hunt down twin bombings masterminds

April 14, 2017

Egyptian President al-Sisi Thursday pledged that Palm Sunday Church bombers will not go scot-free as he visited Head of Coptic Christians. The Egyptian leader paid ... Read More

Egypt: Minister of Supply Steps Down amid Wheat Corruption Scandal

August 26, 2016

Egypt’s Minister of Supply in charge of the governmental food subsidy program has resigned amid growing public outrage over a wheat corruption scandal, triggered by ... Read More

Egypt: Authorities Believe Terror Act Likely Behind the Plane Crash

May 20, 2016

Egyptian authorities Thursday said theory that EgyptAir plane A320 which disappeared and “crashed in the Mediterranean” in early hours of Thursday on its way to ... Read More

Egypt: Government Represses Protesters, Dozens Arrested

April 26, 2016

Egyptian security forces Monday fiercely broke out the protests that were planned to vent frustration against President al-Sisi’s recent decision to surrender two Red Sea ... Read More

Germany turns down Egypt’s request to extradite AlJazeera reporter

June 23, 2015

Germany has sent a strong message to Egypt saying business cooperation does not overshadow human rights as it has refused to extradite Aljazeera reporter who ... Read More

Egypt-Libya: Sisi welcomes abducted Ethiopians at Cairo airport

May 8, 2015

Egyptian President al-Sisi welcomed at the Cairo International Airport on Thursday 27 Ethiopians who had been abducted in Libya and who were freed thanks to ... Read More