Presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali denounced on Monday the “media exaggeration” of the number of troops assigned to secure President Mohamed Morsy’s visits outside Cairo. “There are no more than 500 or 600 soldiers, which is the minimum required,” Ali said. … read more
The British embassy in Cairo denied on Sunday that it had advised UK nationals to avoid visiting Egypt, clarifying that it had only issued an advisory against travelling to certain areas of Egypt’s North Sinai Peninsula. The advisory followed an … read more
Public Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud on Monday issued pardons for some detainees from the revolution and the transitional period, pursuant to President Mohamed Morsy’s decree. The pardons included those held in connection with the events outside the Cabinet building, on … read more
A police officer allegedly assaulted a doctor working in the Bulaq al-Dakrour Hospital in Giza, the Doctors Syndicate claimed on Monday. Abdul Naser Saqr, head of the syndicate’s branch in Giza, said that the syndicate has filed a report on … read more
A security source warned against revenge attacks by members of an alleged terrorist cell that was based in Nasr City, Cairo who remain at large. Several members of the cell were arrested at the end of October. In statements to … read more
Police on Saturday arrested another suspect in what they are deeming a “terrorist cell,” revealed last month after police raided an apartment in Nasr City, a security source said Sunday. The source added that the suspect has been referred to … read more
Local tribes and Bedouins in North Sinai continue to protest in several areas of the governorate and at the governorate headquarters in Al-Arish for the second day. Protests have reportedly been taking place in Al-Arish, central Sinai and Sheikh Zowaid … read more
Bishop Tawadros has become Egypt’s 118th Coptic Pope after his name was picked from a box by a blindfolded child during Sunday’s altar lottery at St Mark’s Cathedral in Abbasiya, Cairo. The new Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All … read more
The Egyptian Popular Current led by Nasserist Hamdeen Sabbahi is calling for a Egyptians to petition the International Monetary Fund (IMF) via email to protest a loan negotiated for Egypt. Talks over the controversial loan, estimated at $4.8 billion, requested … read more
Three Egyptian policemen were killed and three others were wounded today in an attack by unidentified gunmen on a police patrol in Arish, North Sinai. The attack is the largest of its kind targeting the Egyptian forces in Sinai since … read more