First Independent Mena Newspaper
Egyptian foreign ministry summoned the British ambassador to Egypt and criticized the international barrage over court ruling on the Al Jazeera journalists accused of “false information”. The British ambassador John Casson was summoned Sunday by the Foreign Ministry after he described on Saturday the court ruling handing three year prison sentence to three Al-Jazeera journalists […]
UN Secretary General’s spokesperson indicated Tuesday the UN Chief Ban Ki-moon has called for urgent donations to help support Palestinian refugees who are suffering from an acute shortage of assistance. The UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has raised the alarm over a shortfall of funding needed to provide aid to the Palestinian refugees. […]
“The National Defense Council agreed to prolong the participation of (Egyptian) troops engaged in a combat mission” in the Gulf, the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a statement released by the Egyptian presidency announced. This is the second time Cairo is renewing its engagement with the Saudi-led coalition and the announcement came barely 48hours […]
The US embassy in Cairo announced Thursday Washington has started delivery of 8 F-16 jet fighters to Egypt as a first batch of aircrafts and military assistance since the resumption of military cooperation between Cairo and Washington. The eight aircrafts are due to arrive in Egypt this Friday coming directly from the US. Four more […]
Egypt and Saudi Arabia demonstrated Thursday their shared determination to close cooperation in the fight against terrorism and the quest for stability in the Middle East region. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi received Saudi deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman who was invited to the military academy graduation in Cairo. Both leaders re-iterated resolve to strengthen […]
Egyptian Security authorities announced Wednesday that an Egyptian police officer guarding Niger’s embassy in Cairo was shot dead on Tuesday night outside the diplomatic mission in Cairo. The attack is the second on a diplomatic representation after the car bombing in front of the Italian consulate in Cairo last month. Police authorities say that the […]
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 […]
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 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 […]