Several political forces called for mass protests in Tahrir Square on Friday against the constitutional declaration issued by President Mohamed Morsy Thursday evening. They made the call to protest during a conference at the Wafd Party headquarters late Thursday night. … read more
Anonymous gunmen fired at a car owned by international peacekeeping forces in Sinai Thursday. The incident occurred several hours after a Bedouin was killed and another injured by security forces near the peacekeepers’ camp in the Goura area of North … read more
Egyptian security authorities on Thursday detected three rockets in Sheikh Zewayed, 15km from the border with Gaza. An official security source at the North Sinai Security Directorate told the Aswat Masreya news website that “the rockets are medium sized and … read more
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is being credited with brokering the cease-fire today between Israel and Hamas, but the international gratitude and praise he is gettting could come with a political price at home. Both Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and … read more
Islamist forces have demanded that President Mohamed Morsy and Prime Minister Hesham Qandil take decisive action against demonstrators on Mohamed Mahmoud Street, accusing them of aiming to spread chaos in the country. “We need to know which political current they … read more
For the second time in a week, army officers faced off Wednesday with police forces. Forces from the military police and navy on Wednesday evening surrounded the Montazah Police department in Alexandria for an hour to release a navy officer … read more
A MiG-21 training aircraft crashed Wednesday north of Aswan, the military said without specifying what caused the incident. Military and civil police cordoned the crash site near al-Zeraat area in Ezbet al-Alfi, north of Aswan. Officials are still searching for … read more
Strong Egypt Party on Wednesday condemned the torching of Al-Jazeera television office in Tahrir, downtown Cairo. The office of the Qatar-based satellite network was set on fire by unknown assailants as protests in Mohamed Mahmoud street, which leads to the … read more
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr announced a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas during a Nov. 21 news conference in Cairo. The cease-fire is expected to begin at 9 p.m. local time. Israeli … read more
Ongoing clashes near the Ministry of Interior in central Cairo have left one person dead, stirring anger at governmental reluctance to restructure the police and security forces. The dead protester has been named as Gaber Salah, known as Jica, a … read more