The Muslim Brotherhood called on the Armed Forces to secure its headquarters in Moqattam, and the Muslim Brotherhood formed committees along with Salafi youth to protect headquarters in governorates from attacks, a member said Tuesday. Brotherhood Shura Council member Sayed … read more
Protesters rejecting President Mohamed Morsy’s new constitutional declaration stormed the Muslim Brotherhood’s office in Alexandria on Tuesday night. Eyewitnesses said that the protesters threw furniture and equipment from the office in Smouha into the street, chanting, “Leave, leave” and, “The … read more
Egypt’s police fires a large number of teargas cannisters from the direction of the US embassy into Tahrir Square in the morning hours of Wednesday. The attack came as skirmishes between protesters and the security forces continued for the 9th … read more
The Brotherhood will participate in mass marches on Tuesday with hardline Gamaa Al-Islamiya and Salafist Call, confirmed Anas El Qady, official spokesman of Brotherhood in Alexandria on Monday evening as thousands of Gamaa Al-Islamiya members gathered in support of President … read more
Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram reported that security forces in Suez seized “a shipment of a large amount of heavy arms smuggled to Sinai.” The report said the weapons shipment was smuggled via the Egypt-Libya border. A preliminary investigation indicated the shipment … read more
Security forces physically assaulted Mohamed al-Qamash, a journalist at Al-Siyasi magazine, while he was covering clashes at Simon Bolivar Square near the US Embassy in Cairo, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported on Monday. A fire began near the embassy while protesters were … read more
The Muslim Brotherhood has decided to postpone a mass protest it had called for Tuesday in Cairo in the interest of preventing violence, an official from the Islamist group’s Freedom and Justice Party said. Parties opposed to the Muslim Brotherhood … read more
Presidential spokesman Yasser Ali stated late on Monday that President Mohamed Morsi’s recent controversial decree would not be subject to modification, noting that the decree may have been “misunderstood” by the public. The decree, issued by the presidency on Thursday … read more
Opposition parties and groups have called for mass rallies and ‘million-man’ marches on Tuesday in protest at the recent presidential constitutional declaration. A sit-in has been ongoing in Tahrir Square since Friday, in protest at President Mohamed Morsi’s Thursday declaration … read more
Ahmed Naguib Mohamed Ali, 18, has been declared the third fatality in the ongoing clashes between police and demonstrators this week. Al-Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence said Ali passed away on Monday after being shot in the … read more