Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Category Archives: Egypt
Gunmen kill eight Egyptian police at checkpoint
Gunmen killed eight police late Monday in an attack on a checkpoint in el-Wadi el-Gedid province in southwest Egypt, the interior ministry said. Two of the attackers were killed when security forces fought back, and three other security personnel were
Truck bomb kills 9 police in Egypt’s Sinai
A truck bomb attack on an Egyptian security checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula killed at least nine policemen on Monday, officials and state media said. Police officials said a suicide bomber rammed a truck packed with explosives into the checkpoint
UNSC set to vote on halting Israel settlements
The United Nations Security Council will vote on Thursday on an Egyptian-drafted resolution demanding that Israel immediately halt its settlement activities in the Palestinian territories and east Jerusalem. A similar resolution was vetoed by the United States in 2011, and
Egypt’s FM in Washington discusses increasing US aid to Cairo
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who is currently visiting Washington, said on Sunday that he has been discussing increasing US aid to Egypt, the state-owned Ahram Online reported. Shoukry said US aid had long represented a great support for Egypt’s
Egypt’s court rules part of protest law unconstitutional
Egypt’s top court has struck down part of a law that allowed authorities to ban all but officially sanctioned protests, a court official said Saturday. The 2013 law, which has been used to jail activists for up to two years,
Egypt reports outbreak of H5N8 bird flu in wild birds
Egypt reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus in two wild birds in the northern part of the country, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday, citing a report from the Egyptian farm
A prominent Egyptian rights leader banned from travel
A prominent rights advocate has been banned from leaving Egypt, the latest in a series of travel bans imposed on rights leaders. Abdel-Hafez Tayel, the head of the Egyptian Center for the Right to Education, said on Tuesday that he
Egypt denies military support for Assad
Egypt on Sunday denied Arab media reports claiming that it had a military presence in Syria, days after President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi expressed his support for the Syrian Army. “These claims only exist in the imagination of those who promote
ISIS claims deadly attack on Egyptian soldiers in Sinai
ISIS claimed responsibility on Friday for an attack on an Egyptian military checkpoint in northern Sinai Peninsula that killed at least 12 soldiers. An Islamist insurgency in the rugged, thinly populated Sinai has gained pace since the military toppled President
Egypt court quashes one of Mursi life sentences
An Egyptian appeals court on Tuesday quashed one of two life sentences handed down against ousted president Mohamed Morsi since his 2013 overthrow, his lawyer and a judicial source said. The sentences against several officials of his now outlawed Muslim
Egyptian officers behind Sisi plot revealed
Cairo’s prosecutor general said in a statement on Sunday that the country’s President Abdulfatah al-Sisi had faced two previous assassination attempts: one in Saudi Arabia and the second in Egypt. The prosecutor said two cells, one based in Saudi Arabia,
ISIS’ Egypt branch executes 100-year-old cleric
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis – ISIS-affiliated extremist group in Egypt – has released images purporting to show the execution of a 100-year-old man. The group, who rebranded as ISIS-Sinai when they pledged allegiance to the extremist group holding swathes of Iraq
Sisi: Don’t ‘jump to conclusions’ on Donald Trump
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has praised US President-elect Donald J. Trump, saying that his inflammatory statements from the campaign trail do not necessarily reflect the actions he will take as president. Sisi, in an interview with Portuguese news agency LUSA
Egyptian policeman gets life sentence for killing man over cup of tea
An Egyptian court sentenced a policeman who killed a man over the price of a cup of tea to life in prison on Wednesday, a rare lengthy punishment for police violence in a country that rights activists say has a
Challenging government, Egypt’s parliament approves ‘repressive’ NGO bill
Egypt’s parliament on Tuesday approved a bill to regulate non-governmental organizations in a move human rights groups say effectively bans their work. Egyptian rights activists say they are facing the worst crackdown in their history amid a wider campaign under
Egypt court overturns death sentence against Mursi, orders retrial
Egypt’s Court of Cassation has overturned a death sentence against deposed Islamist President Mohammed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered a retrial. Mursi was sentenced to death in June 2015 in connection with a mass jail break during the
Egypt marks anniversary of Sinai plane crash
Egypt on Sunday commemorated the first anniversary of the Metrojet Russian airliner crash in the Sinai that killed all 224 people on board. The aviation minister and the Russian ambassador were among those who attended a ceremony in the Red
Egyptian FM warns Muslim bloc after its mocking of Sisi
Egypt’s Foreign Minister has protested remarks by the chief of the world’s largest bloc of Muslim countries, for mocking Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi. Sameh Shukry warned Iyad Madani, the head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, on Saturday that Egypt
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