A Libyan activist said that the son of General Khalifa Haftar, ranked as Captain in the army, has appeared during the graduation party of some Libyan officers in Jordan. The activist, Aly al Asily, said [ More … ]
The Libyan scene has become one of the most complicated files in the Middle East. Perhaps, the most important complications of the scene lie in the confusion of understanding the Libyan issue due to: the [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi claimed in a televised speech that Egyptian military’s economic activities are equivalent to just 1 to 1.5 % of Egypt’s GDP and not more than 20 % as some have claimed, as [ More … ]
– Al-Sisi stated that the Egyptian military can impose its full control over the country within 6 hours Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in a speech on Monday during the inauguration of the “Gheit El Enab” [ More … ]
By: Adel Suleiman* The issue of the civil-military relations in the Arab world has been revived by the Turkish people’s courageous confrontation of the military coup attempt on 15 July, and foiling it. The civilian [ More … ]
During two years in office, Egypt’s general-turned president Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi has sought to impose a military-style discipline on Egypt after he led a military coup in 2013 against the first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi. [ More … ]
By: Ziad Bahaa Eddin* We regret that despite the statements repeated by the Egyptian officials about the importance of investment and the need to increase it and improve its climate, the Egyptian government today does [ More … ]
Three sovereign institutions-the armed forces, the General Intelligence, and the Interior Ministry- have raced in distributing and supplying commodities among the citizens in Cairo streets through distributing “Ramadan cartons”, but each institution raised a different slogan. [ More … ]
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