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Egypt’s Sinai tragedy!

October 24, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Under Al-#Sisi’s 7-year war on terror in Sinai! 14 villages in Egypt’s Sinai have been “wiped off the map”!. “a 50-KM area from the border erased! “Army didn’t leave either animal, tree, bird or human! [ More … ]

Dubci, a new ride-hailing app to launch in Egypt competing UBER & Careem!

July 10, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Media reports linked the company with the Egyptian armed forces, the company denied

Dubci, a new ride-hailing app to launch in Egypt competing UBER & Careem!

July 10, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

The company’s social media account show buses, bikes, boats and even helicopters. Media reports linked the company with the Egyptian armed forces, the company denied Official sources told local media that Dubci’s head of human [ More … ]

Egypt Abuses Put French Military Deals in Spotlight as Macron Heads to Cairo

January 22, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

As Emmanuel Macron heads to Egypt, activists are calling on the French president to address abuses at an Egyptian shipyard building battleships in partnership with a French company. But with multi-billion euro military deals at [ More … ]

Egypt immunity law protects army officers for ‘serious crimes’: HRW

July 11, 2018 MEO Staff

Law will also prevent exempted military leaders from running against Sisi for office An Egyptian parliament bill granting legal immunity to army leaders is “unconstitutional” and violates “all international standards”, Human Rights Watch has said. [ More … ]

The economic empire of the Egyptian army

June 21, 2018 MEO Staff

The phenomenon of the Egyptian Army’s control over the country’s economy has become agreed upon by researchers and those interested in the military concern. Although the military institution maintains strict confidentiality of the information, data, [ More … ]

Israel: Security ties with Egyptian Army more vital than active Cairo embassy

August 10, 2017 MEO Staff

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cares more about maintaining good security ties with the Egyptian Army than with re-staffing Israel’s embassy in Cairo which has been empty since the end of 2016, National Security Council [ More … ]

10 Egyptian soldiers killed during military raids in Sinai

March 24, 2017 MEO Staff

The Egyptian army is seeking to clamp down on an IS-linked insurgency in the Sinai with the death-toll inflicted on its armed forces looking likely to rise following another attack. Ten Egyptian soldiers, including three [ More … ]

5 Egyptian soldiers killed by gunmen in central Sinai

January 23, 2017 MEO Staff

The Egyptian army said on Monday that five Egyptian soldiers were killed Sunday evening in the central Sinai Peninsula. with a security source telling Ma’an the five were killed after gunmen opened fire at a [ More … ]

Egyptian sovereign body involved in “Killing” former State Council secretary ‘Wael Shalabi’: New Khalij

January 13, 2017 MEO Staff

High-level sources at the Egyptian State Council have revealed that prominent commanders in the Egyptian army were involved in the “suicide” (as it was officially declared) of the State Council Secretary-General Councillor Wael Shalabi who was accused [ More … ]