People were trapped beneath rubble following the collapse of a 13-story building in Alexandria, Egypt, on June 26, local media reported. Meanwhile, at least there are four injured in the building collapse, thought to be [ More … ]
Egypt’s precipitous decline today was set in motion nearly a decade ago, when Cairo embarked on an unsustainable spending spree, borrowing money for profligate outlays on weapons, megaprojects, and infrastructure, states The National Interest. “Making [ More … ]
Yehia Hamed, Egypt’s former investment minister, has published an opinion article on the London-based Middle East Eye, addressing the economic situation in Egypt, where “With the economy in shambles and millions of people mired in [ More … ]
The new coronavirus is believed to be spreading throughout Yemen where the health care system “has in effect collapsed”, the United Nations said on Friday, appealing for urgent funding. “Aid agencies in Yemen are operating [ More … ]
Dr. Ahmed Zikrallah* Investors in the Egyptian stock exchange experienced panic after the main index fell on Wednesday (19 September) by 3.79% to reach 14098 points, the lowest level since January, and the market capital [ More … ]
A million liters of fuel provided by Egyp is set to enter the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday via the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt in order to assist the territory with a crippling [ More … ]
At least two Palestinians were killed in tunnels in the besieged Gaza Strip, sources said on Monday. The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, said that one of its fighters, [ More … ]
The government of Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, the former general who seized power from an elected Islamist government three years ago, has already received tens of billions in aid. You’d hardly know it from looking at the economy. [ More … ]
A member of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas Movement, Khaled al-Hour, 22, from al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, died Saturday evening due to the collapse of one of the resistance tunnels, the [ More … ]
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