The constituent assembly amending Egypt’s constitution will ratify on Sunday amendments relating to the constitutional status of the armed forces, the assembly’s general coordinator Gaber Nassar said. Articles related to the armed forces are the most controversial, with debates on … read more
The American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) this week released more than 250 previously classified documents concerning the US-mediated negotiations between Egypt and Israel that led to a peace treaty between the two countries in 1979. The 1,400 pages tackle the … read more
A leaked audio recording purportedly by Egypt’s army chief and Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has showed the top general describing his predecessor Hussein Tantawi as a “great man”, saying that Tantawi is to credit for all the actions taken by … read more
A policeman was shot dead in the early hours of Saturday by unknown assailants in the city of Al-Arish in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula. Mohamed Zayed, 40, was shot in the head and the foot on his way home from … read more
Pro-Muslim Brotherhood protesters staged a march after Friday prayers from Nasr City to the military intelligence headquarters in Heliopolis. Protesters gathered after prayers outside al-Salam Mosque and al-Eman Mosque in Nasr City. The two marches met in the middle of … read more
A 15-year old boy was killed on Friday in Alexandria in clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and residents of al-Siouf neighbourhood in Alexandria. The father of the deceased Ihab Ahmed Selim Abdellatif accused the supporters of the Brotherhood and of … read more
Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi took to the streets of Cairo and other governorates on Friday afternoon, a day after a three-month-old curfew aimed at curbing street protests was lifted. Hundreds of Morsi loyalists marched through the capital in … read more
The Egyptian interior ministry is to send 100 armed units into major squares and streets in Cairo to tighten security following news of planned demonstrations in support of ousted president Mohamed Morsi this weekend. The news comes after a three-month-old … read more
Russia is offering to sell Egypt modern helicopters and air defence systems in a landmark deal reportedly worth $2 billion that would mark a revival of large-scale military cooperation, a Russian official said Friday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and … read more
“What was it, I kept wondering, that bought this bright eyed, happy, 13 year old to a shelter with ten other teenage girls who had babies of their own and bore scars on their cheeks and souls to mark the … read more