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The Egyptian army announced Thursday that ten Egyptian soldiers were killed in the explosion of two bombs in clashes with Jihadists of the Islamic state group in the Sinai peninsula. The military said 15 Jihadis were killed in the fighting Read more
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo for discussions reportedly centered on the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian territories and general developments in Palestine ahead of the Arab Summit scheduled to Read more
Details of a failure of mediation efforts between Libya’s Prime Minister-designate Fayez Serraj of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army in Cairo, spearheaded by Egyptian chief-of-staff Colonel Lt. Gen. Read more
An extremist group in the Sinai Peninsula loyal to the Islamic State group has fired several missiles into Israel from Egypt on Thursday prompting retaliation from the Israeli Defense Forces. The missiles targeted the port town of Eilat, the southernmost Read more
President Omar Bashir of Sudan has accused Egypt of continuing to provide support to armed opposition groups fighting his government despite repeated calls for Cairo to stop. The Sudanese president who called President Sisi a “friend” lambasted at the Egyptian Read more
Private telephone conversations between President Sisi and his Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry were aired on Mukameleen television; a Turkish based channel that has close ties with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt. Five separate conversations allegedly had the two officials Read more
US President has underlined Washington’s military commitment towards Egypt during a telephone conversation with Egypt’s al-Sisi, reports say. President Donal Trump Monday hailed his Egyptian counterpart for efforts to eradicate terrorism in Egypt, and primarily in the Sinai, according to Read more
The head of Egypt’s Central Auditing Authority (CAA) Hesham Geneina was sacked after a report by the independent body alleged mass corruption in Egyptian state institutions. His sacking was announced in a presidential decree aired on TV Monday evening, but Read more
Russia’s Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Co-operation Alexander Fomin ended his visit to Bahrain on a high note as the HRH Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa hailed the cooperation between the two countries and added Read more
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has completed his official visit to Saudi Arabia where he held discussions with newly crowned King Salman. He hinted that Salman appealed for smooth relations between Ankara and Cairo but he presented the reservations they had Read more