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President Sisi on Wednesday ratified the unanimously approved law instituting cooperation between the armed forces and the police to protect public and vital facilities for a period of five years, beginning October 28. The law was inspired by a 2014 Read more
Egypt’s former leading mufti Ali Gomaa narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Cairo on Friday. Armed men tried to kill Gomaa as he was entering a mosque in 6 October city on the outskirts of Cairo on Friday afternoon, where Read more
The Egyptian military has claimed killing the leader of the Sinai Province extremist group, affiliated to the Islamic State. The statement said Abu Duaa al-Ansari was killed in airstrikes near the town of el-Arish following “accurate intelligence.” The operation left Read more
Sinai Province, an affiliate of IS, has released a 35-minute video warning Jews “your account with us has become weighty and you will soon pay a high price.” The speaker in the video also directed threats at Israel promising that Read more
The Egyptian army announced Tuesday that it killed six terrorists in the north of the restive Sinai province where the army is at loggerheads with IS-affiliated militants. The army also destroyed 56 underground hideouts in different locations, namely south of Read more
The 205-page policy statement of the Egyptian government led by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail received the vote of confidence of the parliament on Wednesday. 90% of the lawmakers present voted in support of the government’s program after a 10-day debate. Read more
US troops stationed at the North Camp military base in el Gorah could be pulled out of the area due to security concerns, according to US officials. The growing threats posed by militants of the Islamic State in the Sinai Read more
Egypt’s Foreign Minister was expected Tuesday in the Russian capital Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on security issues, nuclear plant and pledge for the return of Russian flights. In the wake of a Russian passenger jet Read more
Egyptian government Sunday charged outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and Gaza’s Hamas of the assassination of Public Chief Prosecutor Hisham Barakat last year in June. “This plot was carried out on the orders of the Muslim Brotherhood … in close coordination with Read more
Russia’s powerful Federal Security Service (FSB) announced it nabbed seven members of the Islamic State who were planning terrorist attacks on Russian soil. The seven members are from Russia and from some Central Asian countries and are led by a Read more