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US troops stationed in the north-eastern part of Egypt’s Sinai as part of international forces to monitor border between Egypt and Israel may be removed as Washington fears the growing threat of terrorism in the Egyptian restive peninsula, reports say. The Obama Administration is reportedly considering moving its 707 troops from El-Gorah camp, near the […]
Cairo announced Sunday it received $1.5 billion from Saudi Arabia earmarked for development projects in underprivileged Sinai. The Saudi kingdom has already donated Egypt several billion dollars destined to shore up Egyptian battered economy and finance. The new amount, donated by the Saudi Development Fund, will finance the building of a university, 26 residential complexes, […]
Egyptian authorities charged on Thursday a 16-year old boy for plotting to overthrow the government. Omar al-Brashi, a first year high school student was arrested while he was sitting for an exam at his high school in the northern port city of Damietta. He has been charged with international espionage, affiliation to a prohibited group […]
Egyptian President Fatah al-Sissi Sunday urged the United States to expand its cooperation with Egypt beyond security and counter-terrorism. At a meeting with CIA boss John Brennan, the Egyptian President called on Washington to diversify its ties with his country and expand cooperation to social, cultural and intellectual realms. Egypt and the U.S. have strong […]
Egyptian military sources Sunday indicated that the army killed 26 terrorists and arrested five suspects in military raid in a move to weed out IS-affiliated militants. The Defense Ministry in a statement added that it carried out raids in Arish, Sheikh Zuwayed, Rafah and some areas in Central Sinai. The ministry also indicated that it […]
Egyptian High Election Committee (HEC) Tuesday cancelled a news conference following the death of two judges killed in an attack perpetrated by IS in the Sinai against a hotel in the provincial city of al Arish. The news conference in Cairo that was to announce results of the second round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections held […]
A plane flying from Poland to Egypt was forced to land in Bulgaria after a bomb alert was made by a sixty year old passenger, reports say. The plane which took off from Warsaw, Poland, heading to the Egyptian resort of Hurghada, landed urgently at Bulgaria city of Burgas after the bomb threat emerged. “A […]
Egypt’s national carrier, EgyptAir, has been informed that Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport will be closed to its aircrafts as of Saturday till further notice. The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) sent a notification to the Egyptian carrier on Friday about the decision to bar its planes from landing in Russia. Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal said Cairo is yet to be […]
Unknown militants raided a house in the city of Arish Wednesday, killing nine family members including a three-year old child and severely wounding one person, Sinai governor, Abdel Fatah Harhor, said. “A group of masked men raided a house nearby Arish police station and planted a bomb in the house’s car parking. The bomb exploded […]
Egyptian investigative journalist Hossam Bahgat was released this Tuesday by the military following his arrest for “publishing false news”. The 37-year-old’s release was confirmed by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR,) the human rights group he founded, and the news website Mada Masr, to which he is a contributor. His arrest was made within […]