Egypt’s state prosecutor on Thursday cleared ousted leader Hosni Mubarak for conditional release from prison while he stands trial, judicial sources said. The prosecutor’s office informed the Interior Ministry’s Prisons Authority that Mubarak could be released after judges ruled he … read more
Tunisian army and police forces secured the vicinity of Egypt’s embassy in Tunisia after the embassy received a bomb threat from the Amazigh Islamic Front, said Ayman Mesharrafa, Egypt’s ambassador to Tunisia. Mesharrafa told the Middle East News Agency on … read more
Gunmen attacked North Sinai’s television building early on Thursday and exchanged fire with security forces. Eyewitnesses said that the assailants hid in nearby residences and fired shots on the building, targeting security personnel. The attack destroyed the front gate of … read more
An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) was found dead in a suitcase in Cairo, Egypt, a spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday. “A female OFW was reported on Aug 17 to have been killed in Cairo. Her body … read more
Supporters of ousted former President Mohammad Mursi on Wednesday called on Egyptians to hold protests against his removal on “Friday of Martyrs.” “We will remain steadfast on the road to defeating the military coup,” said a statement from The National … read more
Abdul Salam Badr had no choice but to shave his beard to save himself from becoming a target in Egypt’s crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. In recent days, overt signs of piety have become all it … read more
A firebrand Egyptian cleric and television preacher has denounced the Muslim Brotherhood after his arrest on Wednesday near the Libyan border. Safwat el-Hegazy told investigators that he was not part of the Muslim Brotherhood and that if he could go … read more
Security forces arrested the Muslim Brotherhood’s spokesman, Ahmed Aref, early on Thursday. A security source said that Aref was arrested at his father-in-law’s residence in Nasr City in Cairo while the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party confirmed the news on … read more
Egyptian interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said on Tuesday that he did not fear that a civil war would erupt in the country, adding that Egypt will have “some continuous problems in the coming weeks and perhaps coming months.” “Egypt … read more
Egypt’s Rebel (Tamarod) campaign said Wednesday that they are “not surprised” by ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s release on Wednesday by a Cairo appeal court. Tamarod charged that “the complicity of Morsi and his prosecutor general” has led for this recent … read more