An Egyptian court has extended the pretrial detention of prominent opposition member and former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh for another 45 days on charges of communicating with entities opposed to the Egyptian state [ More … ]
Two protagonists of Egypt’s recent history faced each other in court on Wednesday, with toppled strongman Hosni Mubarak testifying for the first time against Egypt’s first freely elected president, Mohamed Morsi. Overthrown during the 2011 [ More … ]
By: Yahya Hamid* Taking a snapshot of today’s election, Sisi has purged all his candidates, putting some in prison, and others have been ordered to keep silent to avoid detention Have you ever imagined that, [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay* Egypt will go to polls on Mar. 16-18 for presidential elections. I am using the word “elections” only as an expression. Some call the events that will be held on that day [ More … ]
A cross-party group of senior British MPs has petitioned the Egyptian government to allow access to the jailed former president, Mohamed Morsi, amid reports that his health has seriously deteriorated, says The Guardian. Morsi is being [ 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 … ]
Egypt has blocked a UN call to respect democratically elected government in Turkey. A diplomat said that the United Nations’ Security Council failed on Saturday to condemn the violence and unrest in Turkey after Egypt objected [ More … ]
Hillary Clinton has been criticizing Donald Trump for praising dictators; but practically Clinton herself has a history of alliances with strongmen in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Honduras. The Intercept has published an article titled: “Donald Trump Praises [ More … ]
Turkey has started mending its foreign relations with neighboring countries, including Israel and Russia after deterioration for a period of time. In this context, many observers predicted that Egypt would be one of the countries that [ More … ]
A former senior Israeli official unveiled that Israel has conducted numerous drone strikes against different sites related to what he described as terrorists in Sinai in recent years, reported Bloomberg. In the same context, Haaretz-Israeli newspaper- [ More … ]
The Criminal Court in Zagazig, Sharqia, has sent Ghada Abdel Hamid to rigorous imprisonment for 15 years. Ghada Abdel Hamid (26-years) was charged of administrating a Facebook page, the page is called “Women against the [ More … ]
El Mundo, a Spanish daily newspaper, published a report on the “Barbaric Suppression” implemented by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi since he reached power. The report also pointed that the military man didn’t fulfill his promises regarding [ More … ]
Turkish Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country’s dispute is with the Egyptian regime and that there is no problem with Egyptian people, according to a Turkish state-run news agency. Erdogan said,”The problem [ More … ]
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid stated that Cairo is uncomfortable over what he described as “Continuous Contradiction” in the Turkish statements and stances; as well as the “swing” between showing the will to [ More … ]
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry considered that Turkey’s comments on the judicial sentences handed down against President Mohamed Morsi are a setback for future bilateral positive relations. In an iftar meeting with the editors-in-chief of [ More … ]
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