Al-Sisi’s goal was offside: How Israel and Greece spun around Egypt's interests
Over the past several years, the world discovered a region rich in energy supplies. Three large gas fields have been discovered, and there is a possibility more will be discovered. These discoveries gained the region great international attention and at…
Moustafa Kassem: The first US citizen to die in al-Sisi’s prisons
“I want my children to know that I fought tooth and nail for my freedom.” More than a year ago, an American citizen of Egyptian origin, Moustafa Kassem, wrote those words in a letter that was leaked from prison in…
Cairo is swimming against the current in Libya
The Speaker of the Libyan Parliament in Tobruk loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, Aquila Saleh, has commented on the cooperation agreements signed between the internationally recognised Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Saleh, in his…
Tree massacre angers Heliopolis residents
“It is not an urban development, but a distortion of the area and an obliteration of memories of the entire age,” the residents of Heliopolis have said of the gardening operations which are taking place in their neighbourhood so that…
Nationwide military drills: Are they a message?
Egyptian armed forces have announced carrying out a nationwide military exercise codenamed “Kader 2020.” A statement issued by the armed forces said that the ongoing drills will end next Friday, which makes them one of the longest and largest drills,…
A campaign to save detainees from the cold of winter
Two new detainees died in Egyptian prisons on Wednesday as a result of deliberate medical neglect and suffering from the cold and hunger, within less than a week of the death of a detained journalist in the notorious Scorpion wing…
Cairo is angry with Ismail Haniyeh after Iran visit
On May 6, 2017, the Egyptian regime was satisfied with the election of Ismail Haniyeh as a head of Hamas’ political bureau instead of Khaled Meshaal. But after Haniyeh’s visit to Iran, it seems he has joined Meshaal on Cairo’s…
Hidden tension in Egypt-Algeria relations
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reduced his visit to Algeria to just a few hours, during which he met the Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, and delivered a message from General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Shoukry met the Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri…
A dead-end ahead for the Ethiopia-Egypt negotiations
Ethiopia and Egypt have failed to resolve a long-running dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam during the latest round of talks this week. The deadline set by the USA to reach an agreement between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia on…
Foreigners in Egypt are the regime’s hostages
Recently, Russia declared its failure to resolve the crisis of five Russian citizens arrested and detained in Egypt for over a year. They have been subjected to a secret trial on suspicion of joining ISIS. Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign…
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