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Iran-Egypt Thaw Possible?
To date, the Tehran-Cairo relations remain frozen. Some trivial issues are seen as standing ahead of an Iranian-Egyptian thaw, like naming a Tehran street after killer of the former Egyptian President...
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Arab States Have Phobia of Iran-Egypt Thaw
Following is the full text of interview with Mr. Medhat Hamad that is translated from Arabic. Alwaght: Following tensions in Saudi-Egyptian relations, we saw an escalation anti-Saudi rhetoric in...
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Egypt arrests senior judge amid probe into corruption, bribery
Judicial sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the council’s Secretary General Wael Shalaby was detained early on Sunday, and taken into police custody for interrogation. His arrest came...
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Heavy sentences given to supporters of Egypt’s Morsi
A military court in the city of Minya gave life sentences to 148 defendants, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported on Sunday, citing Egyptian media. Another court in neighboring Asyut issued 10-year...
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Egypt arrests a dozen in protest against giving islands to Saudi Arabia
Security officials said police made the arrests around the Journalists' Union building in central Cairo on Monday where a protest was taking place. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity as...
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13 Egyptian security forces killed in militant attack in Sinai
According to reports, officers were among those killed in the attack, which also left more than a dozen people injured. Some reports quoted security and tribal sources as saying that a car bomb was...
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Egyptian court rejects handover of islands to Saudi in final ruling
On Monday, the Supreme Administrative Court ruled against an appeal by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s government and said the islands of Tiran and Sanafir are Egyptian and should not transferred to...
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Islands Dispute Ice over Egyptian-Saudi Relations
The decision satisfied the Egyptian public which had accused President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi of violating the constitution and “selling the islands” in exchange for a multi-billion dollar aid package....
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With Trump Taking Office, US-Egypt Relations Likely to Heal
The military's power grab drew the US reaction. The White House, under Obama administration, was at that time an advocate of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), the movement from which President Morsi rose...
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Egypt sought Israel support in transferring islands to Saudi Arabia: Leaked...
Late on Friday, Egyptian opposition TV channel Mekameleen broadcast an undated telephone conversation between Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Yitzhak Molcho, a childhood friend and close...
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Tensions in Israeli-Egyptian Ties after Aoun’s Visit
News of Israeli regime diplomats exiting Cairo come amid reports the regime quietly withdrew its ambassador, David Govrin, from Egypt several weeks over alleged fears about his safety. Egyptian...
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Egyptian Army Kills 3 Palestinians Working Inside Rafah Tunnels
According to Palinfo website, Rescue crews pull out the bodies of three Gazan workmen from the bombed tunnel in Rafah area after they died of suffocation. Five others received immediate medical...
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Reasons for Egypt, Persian Gulf States Tensions
Cairo and Riyadh have sharp differences on several issues across the region especially the crisis in Syria where the two sides have been at odds. The increasing proximity between Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon...
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Former Egyptian Autocrat Released from 6-Year Detention
Egyptian prosecutor Ibrahim Saleh acquitted the Egyptian autocrat on charges of killing protesters during the 2011 Arab Spring uprising and ended his nearly six years of legal proceedings. Egypt's...
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Egyptian military kills top leader of Takfiri terrorist group
“Following the results of the air raid on March 18 ... and upon the security apparatus’s investigation, it was revealed that Salem Salmy al-Hamadeen, aka Abu Anas al-Ansari, was killed,” said Egyptian...
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Egypt Declares 3-Month State of Emergency After Church Bombings Kill 44
"Several steps are to be taken, the first of which will be the declaration of a state of emergency after the necessary legal and constitutional procedures are complete, for three months in Egypt. We...
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Egyptian lawmakers approve 3-month state of emergency
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail told lawmakers before the vote that the measure was essential to combat terrorist groups bent on undermining the North African country. "The emergency law is aimed at...
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Egypt Offered Riyadh 40,000 Soldiers for Yemen War
However, Riyadh had rejected the offer because its goal is to build a strong Yemeni army that will be able to protect Yemen in the future. Yet, Riyadh had been frustrated in the past by Cairo's...
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Daesh attack in Egypt’s Sinai kills 1 police officer, injures 4
The Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for the Tuesday attack on the security checkpoint, which is situated some 800 meters from the monastery. St. Catherine is one of the world’s most...
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What Drives Are Taking Iraq’s Al-Hakim to Egypt?
The trip saw him meeting with top Egyptian officials, including the president, foreign minister, Al-Azhar imam, and pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Following Egypt visit, the head of...
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