A coalition of opposition parties on Wednesday urged Egyptians to vote against constitutional amendments that would potentially allow Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to remain in power until 2034. Egypt’s Parliament, which is packed with al-Sisi supporters, overwhelmingly [ More … ]
As the presidential elections scheduled to take place in 2018, the political arena seems empty of any candidates. Some declared their withdrawal from the elections, other hinted that he would exit the elections and the [ More … ]
Despite Moscow’s plan to invite Cairo to join the meetings of the three guarantor states -Turkey, Russia, and Iran- in Astana to resolve the Syria, but it was forced to call off the invitation after Ankara’s [ More … ]
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry visited Bahrain on Wednesday and said that he was assigned by Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to deliver a message to the king of Bahrain, stressing the importance of enhancing bilateral relations [ More … ]
In coincidence with the International Day for Human Rights, Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms (ACRF) issued a report entitled “The Exile .. a documentary report for the violations in (Egypt’s) Al-Wadi Al-Jadid Prison”. The report [ More … ]
Egyptian and Jordanian ambassadors to the United States have discussed regional issues, including counter-terrorism, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, and ISIS during a meeting between them in Washington, according to a leaked document that was published by the [ More … ]
A new Regeni was found dead in Cairo after being arrested by the Egyptian police forces. The body of medical student Ahmed Medhat appeared at Cairo’s main morgue shortly after his arrest by the police [ More … ]
During an interview with the editors-in-chief of the state-run Egyptian newspapers Al-Ahram, Al-Gomhuria, and Akhbar Al-Youm, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said that there is no reason to continue hostile relations between Turkey and Egypt. Al-Sisi said “There is [ More … ]
In court, Dr. Mohamed El-Beltagy – a leading figure of the Muslim Brotherhood- mentioned during his testimony in Rabaa sit-in evacuation a new torture episode that occurred to him last Saturday August 6 ,2016. El-Beltagy [ More … ]
A source unveiled to alkhaleej algadeed (an investigative online newspaper) that a meeting of a number of leaders in “Fethullah Gulen’s organization” who are located in African countries has been held in Cairo. The meeting discussed [ More … ]
Egypt’s State Lawsuits Authority -a body representing the government in legal cases- has appealed against a court’s ruling that canceled the decision to seize renowned Egyptian footballer Mohamed Aboutrika’s assets. Egypt’s administrative court overturned a [ More … ]
A senior Israeli army officer has said, as reported by Safa news agency, that the Egyptian authorities are “closer to Israel than Hamas” and they “put more pressure” on the besieged Gaza Strip “than is needed,” reported Middle [ More … ]
In an interview with Masr Al-Arabia, the first Egyptian Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Karim stated that the Camp David peace treaty provides the opening of the Rafah crossing 24 hours a day throughout the [ More … ]
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the first to condemn Egypt’s military coup in 2013 that had overthrown the Muslim Brotherhood government, “What happened in Egypt is not an intervention, but a coup. The West sides [ More … ]
In an interview with Al-Jazeera, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan referred to the Egyptian president as a “military coup man”, much like those who attempted the coup in Turkey. “He overthrew the president elected by [ More … ]
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