The Egyptian authorities have arrested 200 people at the Muslim Brotherhood’s protest camps in Rabaa al-Adawiya and Nahda Squares for possessing firearms and white weapons, security sources said as quoted by the state news agency. Fifty of those arrested at … read more
Hundreds of pro-Mursi protesters hurled stones at Aswan’s governorate headquarters on Wednesday morning in protest against the security operation in Cairo to disperse protesters at Rabaa al-Adaweya and Nahda sit-ins. Around three thousand demonstrators have besieged the building and are … read more
Civil Aviation Minister Abdel Aziz Fadel has said international flights on EgyptAir declined by 11 percent between July and August. Fadel called on Egyptians to work hard to achieve stability, after over a month of violence and tension has left … read more
Egypt’s train movement has been completely halted across the country, a source at Egyptian Railway Authority said on Wednesday as reported by a state-owned news channel. Meanwhile, the ecurity forces have begun clearing out the Muslim Brotherhood’s sit-ins at Rabaa … read more
Nahda Square dispersed, arrests of senior Muslim Brotherhood leaders reported Nahda Square has been cleared of Morsi supporters after police forces moved to disperse the sit-in. Dozens of Morsi supporters are said to have been arrested in possession of illegal … read more
Egyptian security forces finished breaking up the smaller of two Cairo protest camps set up by supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi, state TV reported on Wednesday, after the police moved in the early hours against the sit-ins. A Reuters … read more
Fifty demonstrators were killed during the security operation to clear out the Muslim Brotherhood’s sit-ins at Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adaweya and Nahda Squares, the Brotherhood’s official website reported. One police officer and one conscript were killed and nine others were injured … read more
Egypt’s judiciary extended ousted president Mohamed Morsi’s detention Monday as his supporters marched through Cairo in defiance of the expiry of a government ultimatum to dismantle their huge protest camps. The judiciary said it was extending Morsi’s detention for a … read more
Facebook on Monday blocked several pages belonging to movements that support jihadi operations in Sinai. The blocked pages include the official pages of Sheikh Mohamed al-Zawahiri, the Jihadi current in Sharqia, the Nusrah Front for the People of Egypt, and … read more
Egypt’s interim leaders are still debating how to end protests by supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the state-run al-Ahram newspaper reported on Tuesday, signalling no imminent police crackdown on the sit-ins. After a National Security Council meeting late on … read more