The Islamic State terror group Sunday claimed responsibility for the death of eight Egyptian policemen killed in the Hewlan district, South of Cairo. IS’s local franchise circulated a message in Arabic calling the attack a retaliation for “the pure women imprisoned” by Egyptian authorities and saying that it was part of its Abi Ali Al-Anbari […]
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France: BFM TV Gets Rid of Exposed Jihadism Expert
France-based BFM TV Friday announced it is ceasing cooperation with its Jihadism Expert, Romain Caillet now exposed for having ties with jihadists. The new channel has decided to stop interviewing Romain Caillet after revelations that the expert had had links with jihadists and terrorist groups. “During his exchanges with BFMTV, Romain Caillet deemed useless to […]
Egypt: State-Owned Paper Lashes out at Interior Ministry, Calls for Minister’s Dismissal
Egypt’s main state-owned newspaper Tuesday lambasted the interior ministry in an “unprecedented editorial” following the arrest of two journalists and police raid on the Press Syndicate headquarters on Sunday. Al-Ahram, one of government vibrant supporters, took millions of Egyptians by surprise as it chided state security apparatus over brutality committed on journalists over the past […]
Egypt: Sudan Calls for Settling Halayed Triangle Territorial Dispute
Egypt could soon be entangled in another round of territorial dispute with Sudan over the Halayed Triangle overlooking the Red Sea as Sudan’s Foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour told the parliament that Khartoum has taken “necessary legal and political measures” to preserve its rights and sovereignty. Sudan raised new concerns over the territory after Egypt and […]
Sahara: Morocco Deplores Washington’s Stand
The Moroccan Government has deplored the stand of the United States, tasked with drafting the first resolution on the extension of the mandate of the MINURSO, the UN peace-keeping mission in the Sahara, which was contrary to the spirit of partnership existing between Rabat and Washington. Without mentioning the USA, but in barely veiled terms, […]
Egypt: Journalists Protest against Arrest of Colleagues, File Complaint against Interior Minister
Hundreds of journalists Thursday marched through Cairo, from the Press Syndicate headquarters in central Cairo towards the attorney general’s office where they filed a complaint against the interior minister for the arrest of their colleagues during the Monday protest and against police brutality. The marchers holding up pens and cameras chanted slogans against security forces […]
Libya: UN Condemns Killing of 12 Egyptians, 3 Libyans
UNSMIL Chief Martin Kobler Wednesday condemned the death of 12 Egyptians and 3 Libyans at Bani Walid the previous day following undetailed incidents. “I strongly deplore these terrible killings and call on those with authority on the ground in Bani Walid to ensure that the incidents are investigated and to prevent any further killings,” Kobler […]
Egypt: Police Arrest Activist for Advising Italian Student’s Family
Egyptian police have arrested an Egyptian human rights advocate who is advising the family of the Italian doctoral student found dead in February near Cairo with torture marks on his body. Ahmed Abdullah, head of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, who assisting Giulio Regeni’s family in the death case of the Italian student […]
Egypt: Government Represses Protesters, Dozens Arrested
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 strategic islands to Saudi Arabia. Hours before the start of the protest called for by leftists, seculars and Islamists, police forces took positions at strategic locations in the Egyptian capital […]
Egypt: Government Assaults Activists Ahead of Monday Protest
Egyptian security forces have launched multiple assaults on activists who have called for anti-government protest on Monday to chide regime for surrendering the two “Egyptian” Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia. Dozens of activists including members of 6 April movement, the youth movement that led the anti-Mubarak protest, have been arrested at their homes, in […]









