Egypt anti-Sisi Protests Came as a Total Shock: NYT
Under the government of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, so little dissent is allowed — and what little there is comes at such a high price — that when just a few hundred people [ More … ]
Under the government of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, so little dissent is allowed — and what little there is comes at such a high price — that when just a few hundred people [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch calls for ‘immediate release’ of those arrested in protests demanding president’s resignation Egyptian security forces clashed with hundreds of anti-government protesters in the seaport city of Suez on Saturday, firing tear gas [ More … ]
Protests were staged overnight in Cairo and other Egyptian cities calling for the removal of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, but authorities quickly dispersed them and arrested dozens, a security source said. Hundreds of citizens took to [ More … ]
The US will send reinforcements to the Middle East following the attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. The Pentagon said on Friday that the US will deploy additional troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab [ More … ]
Egyptians take to the streets demanding Sisi’s removal Thousands of pro-democracy protesters have marched in cities across Egypt to demand the resignation of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Videos posted on social media showed demonstrators chanting [ More … ]
The next Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt’s human rights record is scheduled for 13 November 2019, under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Amnesty International together with 17 other international [ More … ]
#mohamed_ali has urged #Egyptians to protest against Sisi on Friday, “Your time is up,” Ali said, addressing #Sisi. “Your last date with the people of Egypt will be on Friday.”!
The recent drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities severely disrupted global energy infrastructure and sent oil price soaring. Some observers say this is a hit to the jugular of the kingdom’s oil industry, but escalation [ More … ]
A safe zone to be set up in northeastern Syria jointly between Turkey and the U.S. can host two to three million Syrians, Turkish President has said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated that Turkey [ More … ]
The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, mounted three airstrikes on the ‘military section’ of Mitiga airbase. The strikes hit their targets with high precision, the LNA said. Further, the Volcano [ More … ]
No clear winner has emerged from Israel’s election, leaving a question mark over who will be the coming prime minister. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s grip on power was hanging in the balance Wednesday after [ More … ]
A British government minister has been criticized for travelling to Cairo to discuss investment in Egypt despite concerns raised by human rights groups about the repression and mass trial of activists who could face death sentences [ More … ]
Egypt says Ethiopia has “summarily rejected” its plan for key aspects of operating a giant dam the East African nation is building on the Nile, while dismissing Ethiopia’s own proposal as “unfair and inequitable”. The [ More … ]
The hashtag #كفايه_بقى_ياسيسى (That’s enough Sisi) has gone viral after Egyptian actor and property tycoon Mohamed Ali released a video calling on Egyptians to flood social media with it and pressure Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to step [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on allegations of corruption within the army and government were “lies and slander”, in his first public response to graft accusations that have gone viral online. “I swear to God, [ More … ]
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