The ruling Egyptian authority announced that it started handing responsibility to a new security agency, government sources said. The Egyptian Interior Ministry dissolved the country’s notorious State Security Investigations Service in March. Protesters had stormed the offices of the SSIS … read more
A fire that erupted on an Egyptian gas export pipeline after it was attacked by an armed gang early on Wednesday could rage for days before engineers are able to begin repairs, a security source said. It was the second … read more
In response to news spread about a statement made by Israeli President Shimon Peres to Israeli Radio, asking the Middle East youth — and particularly that in Egypt — to revive relations with Israel, hundreds of Cairo University students demonstrated, … read more
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak won’t be moved to a military hospital in Cairo because his health has deteriorated and transferring him may be life threatening, the country’s prosecutor-general said Tuesday. Adel Saeed, the prosecutor’s spokesman, said the Interior Ministry, … read more
There were chaotic scenes at a court in Cairo when the charges were read out at the start of the trial of former Egyptian interior minister Habib Al-Adly. General Adly and six former aides are charged in relaltion to the … read more
Call it belated full disclosure. Ever since the ouster of president Hosni Mubarak earlier this year, the Muslim Brotherhood has reemerged as a major force in Egyptian politics. For most of that time, however, it has played coy about its … read more
There wasn’t any pressure from Arab states on Cairo to discourage prosecution of former President Hosni Mubarak, the ruling military council said. Mubarak suffered a heart attack this month while being questioned about the killings of pro-democracy protesters. Several members … read more
UNKNOWN saboteurs bombed an Egyptian gas pipeline in Sinai at dawn on Wednesday, forcing authorities to cut supplies to neighbouring Israel and Jordan, a security official told AFP. The attack took place near the village of Al-Sabil in the El-Arish … read more
Egypt’s path toward a new democratic government is on steroids. This is troubling because there might not be enough time before the November elections for there to be an adequate variety of choice for its large and rather complex population. … read more
Before a popular revolt ousted Egypt’s autocratic president this year, it seemed certain that a film about the desperation of Cairo’s poor would never reach the country’s cinemas. The director of “Cairo Exit,” Hesham Issawi, said the film was banned … read more