ISIS explosive device kills Egyptian Intelligence officer in Sinai
Military sources revealed that Major Ahmed Ashraf, a Military Intelligence officer, was killed and other soldiers were injured when an explosive device blew up his military vehicle. Ashraf was the operational leader of Reconnaissance Battalion 26. Another explosive device hit…
Yahoo News reveals Egypt was involved in the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
Democracy for the Arab World Now called on the US Congress on Tuesday to interrogate Abbas Kamel, Egypt’s General Intelligence Directorate, who is to visit the USA this week, over claims about Cairo’s engagement in the assassination of Saudi journalist…
Abbas Kamel: Sisi’s trusted man has limited efficiency
From Khartoum to Juba and from Tel Aviv to Gaza, General Abbas Kamel, Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate GID, moves tirelessly holding Egypt’s foreign policy in his tight grip. But, remembering prominent Egyptian Intelligence heads from Salah Nasr to Omar Suleiman,…
Crack between Egypt and Emirates deepens over time
The widening gap between Egypt and the Emirates is no longer concealable. Day after day, conflict turns out to be about principles and not about perspectives. Cairo is rebuffing Abu Dhabi’s attempts to marginalise Egypt and tame its influence. On…
Inquisition not legal trials: Egypt’s judiciary continues to deteriorate
Last Tuesday, the notable Salafi preacher, Mohamed Hussein Ya’koub, gave his testimony in a case known in the media as the ISIS cell of Imbaba(a town in Cairo). Recalling Ya’koub for testimony was demanded by the lawyer of two of…
GERD crisis: Arabs own cards on Ethiopia, but not for use
Arab League foreign ministers met, on Tuesday, in Doha in response to a joint Egyptian Sudanese call for discussing the conflict over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and its effect on the Nile’s water flow to Sudan and Egypt. A…
Unprecedent final death sentences issued for 12 Muslim Brotherhood members in Egypt
Egypt’s Court of Cassation handed down, on Tuesday, the death sentence for 12 defendants and members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the case known in media as the Rabaa sit-in dispersal. The court’s rule is the first final death sentence…
Egyptian authorities arrest ex-ambassador for criticizing the official approach to GERD’s crisis
The former Egyptian ambassador to Venezuela Yehia Negm’s family revealed that he had been arrested on May 29 after raiding his house and tampering with its contents without giving reasons for his arrest. The family of the former diplomat confirmed…
Foreign investments in Egyptian debt instruments amount to $29 billion
Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said that the value of foreign investments in local debt instruments ranged between 28 and 29 billion USD at the end of last May. Maait added, during a press conference, that Egypt asked the United Nations…
The special forces of Egypt’s army: Modest performance despite development attempts
Over the tenures of ex-presidents Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat (1970-1981) and Mohamed Hosni Mubarak (1981-2011), the special forces department of the Egyptian army was neglected after repeated operational failures. This persisted until 2012, when Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi assumed the ministry of…
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