A policeman and a civilian were shot dead in a drive-by shooting in Cairo’s Heliopolis district early on Friday, Egyptian state TV reported. Unknown assailants in two private cars opened fire indiscriminateatly at a police unit in El-Nozha neighborhood. Another … read more
Chinese oil giant Sinopec is entering Egypt despite the country’s political strife, announcing on Friday it is buying a $3.1 billion stake in an existing operation as China scours the globe for energy reserves. State-owned Sinopec will buy a one-third … read more
The Egyptian military has called for vigilance against fake soldiers ahead of Friday’s Islamist rallies against the “military coup” of 3 July. Military spokesman Ahmed Ali warned in a Friday statement on his official Facebook page against the impersonation of … read more
The National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy called for staging mass demonstrations on Friday. The alliance said the goal of this million-man protest is to retrieve the 2011 revolution. The coalition, which groups Islamist parties supporting ousted President Mohamed Mursi, said … read more
Egypt’s shipping and transportation industries have suffered significant losses due to the curfew imposed in 14 governorates. The interim cabinet re-introduced a state of emergency, along with a curfew, on 14 August, following bloody clashes between supporters of ousted Islamist … read more
Two armed elements were killed and nine others were arrested in security crackdowns south of Arish on Thursday morning. The forces launched a crackdown on farms south of Arish, army sources told Aswat Masriya. The arrested, all of whom are … read more
The United States’ ambassador to Egypt, Anne Patterson, has sent a strongly-worded letter to the editor of Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram criticising a front page article that suggested Patterson was engaging in conspiracies with the Muslim Brotherhood. Editor-in-chief Abdel Nasser Salama, … read more
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has attacked the Salafi-led Nour Party, after the former ally’s leadership issued a statement supporting the armed forces and Defense Minister General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The Brotherhood accused Nour officials of being agents of presidential candidate Ahmed … read more
Egypt’s military-backed government is to clamp down on Al Jazeera’s Egyptian television channel, accusing it of threatening national security, the state news agency MENA said on Thursday. The channel this week aired statements from two leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood … read more
Egypt’s Interior Ministry confirmed Thursday the arrest of senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed al-Beltagi in a village in the Giza province. In a statement, the ministry said Beltagi was arrested along with other Muslim Brotherhood figures Khaled al-Azhari, a former … read more