Security forces arrested the Muslim Brotherhood’s spokesman, Ahmed Aref, early on Thursday. A security source said that Aref was arrested at his father-in-law’s residence in Nasr City in Cairo while the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party confirmed the news on … read more
Egyptian interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said on Tuesday that he did not fear that a civil war would erupt in the country, adding that Egypt will have “some continuous problems in the coming weeks and perhaps coming months.” “Egypt … read more
Egypt’s Rebel (Tamarod) campaign said Wednesday that they are “not surprised” by ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s release on Wednesday by a Cairo appeal court. Tamarod charged that “the complicity of Morsi and his prosecutor general” has led for this recent … read more
Antiquities Affairs Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said the ministry on Tuesday restored 10 relics that were earlier stolen from the Mallawi Museum in Minya. The ministry restored another two pieces on Sunday, bringing the total of retrieved pieces to 12, some … read more
EGYPT’S military has ordered Hosni Mubarak to be placed under house arrest, as the former president appeared set for conditional release from prison in mid-trial on murder and corruption charges. Hours later, prime minister Hazem al-Beblawi, acting deputy military ruler … read more
The first trial session for Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie, charged with inciting murder, will be held on 25 August, Al-Ahram’s Arabic website reported on Tuesday. Badie was arrested in the late hours of Monday by security forces in … read more
The Egyptian authorities arrested hardliner cleric Safwat Hegazi and Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Murad Ali on Wednesday morning, reported the state-owned news agency. Hegazi was arrested at the entrance to Marsa Matrouh’s Siwa Oasis as he was headed to the Egyptian … read more
A Cairo court has set a September trial date for Mohamed ElBaradei, the recently-resigned interim vice president for foreign affairs, on charges of “breaching national trust.” The charges against ElBaradei were filed by a law professor at Cairo’s Helwan University, … read more
Media reports that suggest the United States has cut off aid to Egypt are not accurate, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday, adding that the Obama administration is still reviewing its options. “That review has not concluded and … … read more
Damanhour prosecution ordered late Tuesday the detention of Al-Gomhoreya journalist Hamed El-Barbary, who had survived an army shooting a day earlier, for four days pending investigation after being charged with possessing weapons. Tamer Abdel-Raouf, Bureau chief of Al-Ahram newspaper in … read more