Army and police forces have arrested 41 terrorist elements in Sinai on Thursday, said an army spokesman. The armed forces demolished three houses, 28 huts, and 25 unlicensed motorcycles used by terrorists and extremists, said Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Ali on … read more
Informed sources in the presidency said Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Sidqy Sobhy would be sworn in as defense minister in front of interim president Adly Mansour Thursday. read more
One person died and eight were injured in the clashes that erupted Wednesday in Cairo University between students and security forces, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health. read more
Egypt’s tourist police arrested on Wednesday a hotel employee accused of raping a British holidaymaker in South Sinai earlier this month. A security source told Al-Ahram’s Arabic news website that the arrested has been charged with “attempting to sexually assault … read more
The sentencing of 529 Muslim Brotherhood members to death after a brief trial is a reflection of a larger problem in Egypt – “independent, unqualified judges,” the legal advisor for the Ministry of International Cooperation, Abdel Ghany Sayed, told The … read more
Egyptian Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced on Wednesday his intention to run for the upcoming presidency. Below is Sisi’s statement as posted by the official army spokesman: “Great people of Egypt, read more
The United States on Tuesday sharply criticized Egypt’s trials of members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and said it would be “unconscionable” for the Egyptian government to carry out the death sentences given to 529 members of the Islamist group. … read more
The Muslim Brotherhood-led National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL) has announced plans to hold demonstrations on Wednesday, March 26. NASL has indicated it intends to protest in Tahrir, Raba’a al-Adawiya (Nasr City), and Nahda (Giza near Cairo University) squares. Pockets … read more
A policeman has been referred to the criminal court by Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat for sexually assaulting a Russian tourist in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. The accused, a member of the South Sinai Tourism Police, saw a … read more
Khaled Fouda, the governor of South Sinai, has dismissed a British woman’s claim that she was raped by a security guard whilst on holiday in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, according to state media agency MENA. The Ministry … read more