The Islamic Sate(ISIS)has claimed responsibility for an attack at a Cairo church that left at least nine people dead.The claim, which was carried by the group’s Aamaq news agency, said Friday’s attack was carried out [ More … ]
An Egyptian military officer was killed and two other people were wounded in a missile attack on a military airport near the town of Arish in the North Sinai region on Tuesday, the army spokesman [ More … ]
U.S Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to visit Egypt and Israel on Tuesday; but, his trip was postponed until next month. In fact, Pence’s visit follows the footsteps of countless American officials who have [ More … ]
The nightmare of enforced disappearance in Egypt is escalating in an unprecedented way. The phenomena have reached serious levels recently.In a report by the Intercept tilted:”Mysterious Deaths and Enforced Disappearances: This is Egypt’s US-backed War [ More … ]
Informed sources said that Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has shown unprecedented flexibility towards the Saudi, American and Jordanian suggestions to send troops from the Egyptian army to the direct engagement lines with the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq [ More … ]
Supporting Egypt’s particular brand of fighting terrorism is equivalent to supporting a climate of expedited radicalization, says Open Democracy. Open Democracy has published an article titled: “The Egyptian Army’s Violent Trail on breadcrumbs” pointing that [ More … ]
Al-Sisi is warming his relations with Gulf countries under U.S blessings. Weeks after U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ visit to Egypt, al-Sisi started his Gulf tour amid Trump’s administration’s new agenda to renew its pact with [ More … ]
Pope Francis’ visit to Egypt was reportedly described by many media outlets as a “risky trip” or the most dangerous trip Pope Francis has ever made as he decided to go into the very heart of [ More … ]
Senior lawmakers rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration that the United States has “no role” in Libya, citing the threat of regional instability to U.S. national security interests. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker (R., [ More … ]
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he was optimistic about improving military ties with Egypt after talks with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, following a period of tension under the Obama administration. The Pentagon stated [ More … ]
US defense secretary will meet with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt during his Middle East visit starting Tuesday to discuss strengthening security cooperation, according to the Pentagon. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis [ More … ]
Seeking to strengthen relations with one of U.S. most traditional pivotal Middle Eastern allies, President Donald Trump told his Egyptian counterpart that U.S. support for his country is unwavering. Trump said,”You have a great friend [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s scheduled meeting with US President Donald Trump on April 3, 2017, comes at a time when human rights are at a nadir in Egypt and under threat in the US, according to Human [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch’s report on extrajudicial killings in Sinai stated that “security forces may have extrajudicially executed at least four and perhaps as many as 10 men in January 2017. They may have arbitrarily detained [ More … ]
Recent activities have been tracked between the United States and Egypt toward warmer relations with Al-Sisi’s regime. During his visit to Egypt on Sunday and shortly after he met with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and top [ More … ]
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