Apache helicopters hit targets in north Sinai near the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, witnesses said. The army said nine “radical Islamists” were killed on Saturday in north Sinai when it launched an air and ground offensive … read more
Former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq says he will back army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for president in an election expected next year, adding to speculation that the man who led the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi could become … read more
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism is taking steps to promote the tourism sector both domestically and internationally, said Mahmoud Shukri of the ministry’s tourism promotion office. The ministry has partnered with Ministry of Civil Aviation affiliates such as Egypt Air, Egypt … read more
A joint committee formed by Egypt’s Illicit Gains Authority – the Public Funds Investigation and Administrative Control Authority – has started to examine the financial disclosure of Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi, his wife and children, in order to make … read more
Forty-six percent of Egyptians said the curfew, imposed since 14 August, has negatively affected their income, revealed a poll conducted by Baseera, the Egyptian Centre for Public Opinion Research. A curfew was imposed in 14 Egyptian governorates when the interim … read more
Former liberal-leaning presidential candidate Amr Moussa has been elected ٍas head of Egypt’s 50-strong constitution-drafting committee. Both Moussa – a former foreign minister – and chairman of the Syndicate of Lawyers and the Arab Nasserist Party Sameh Ashour announced they … read more
The Sinai-based Islamist militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis claimed responsibility on Sunday for a failed attempt last week to assassinate Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim in Cairo. Islamist militancy has risen sharply in the relatively lawless region adjoining Israel and … read more
In many societies, marriage is a celebrated institution and a promise of life-long fidelity between two adults; in some areas of the world, such as Egypt, the reality is very different for some individuals. In el-Hawamdia, an agricultural town 20 … read more
Two Egyptian army soldiers were killed when an improvised bomb detonated late on Saturday on a road in the North Sinai town of Sheikh Zuwayed, Reuters reported. At least nine militants were killed in a military operation that took place … read more
Three U.S. lawmakers who have generated controversy for their statements about Islam and Muslim Americans released a video Saturday praising the Egyptian military and thanking it for staging the July 3 and subsequent crackdowns against their “common enemy,” the Muslim … read more