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  • February 7, 2014

    Egypt’s interim PM recognises atrocities were committed

    Egypt’s interim Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi has admitted that the country’s army and security services committed “atrocities” against anti-coup protesters in Rabaa Al-Adawiya and Al-Nahda Squares in Cairo two...

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  • February 7, 2014

    Egyptian commerce syndicate boycotts Turkey

    The General Union for the Egyptian Chamber of Commerce announced on Tuesday that it is suspending all official relations with Turkey in protest of what they are calling Turkish...

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  • February 7, 2014

    Mass arrests of Muslim Brotherhood members continue

    Continuing the mass arrest campaign against anti-coup Egyptians in recent weeks, on Tuesday night security services arrested at least 64 members and sons of members of the Muslim Brotherhood...

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  • February 7, 2014

    Egypt’s state-run newspapers recognize President Morsi’s achievements

    Nearly two months after the military coup that ousted Egypt’s elected President Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s state-run newspapers are now recognising Morsi and his government’s achievements. Al-Ahram newspaper published an...

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  • February 7, 2014

    Egypt court advised to dissolve Brotherhood NGO

    An Egyptian judicial panel advised a court to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood as a legally registered non-governmental organization on Monday, posing a legal challenge to the group as the...

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  • February 7, 2014

    Egyptian security forces raid the Al-Jazeera English Bureau in Cairo

    On Sunday, Egyptian security forces arrested the head of Al-Jazeera English’s bureau in Cairo and expelled four journalists, while detaining two more. The Al-Jazeera network issued a statement stating...

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  • February 7, 2014

    Nabil Fahmy: Is he a liability or an asset?

    Egypt’s interim foreign minister is fast becoming a national embarrassment and an object of ridicule across the Middle East. In his latest gaffe, Nabil Fahmy introduced his Saudi counterpart,...

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  • February 7, 2014

    Egypt creates a buffer zone with Gaza

    The Egyptian army is working to create a buffer zone on the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip in a purported effort to undermine weapon smuggling and chaos caused...

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  • February 7, 2014

    Egypt’s interim president says our patience with Turkey ‘is about to run out’

    Spokesman of Egypt’s interim president, Ehab Badawi, said “Egypt’s patience with Turkey is running out”. Badawi made his statement in an apparent reference to Turkey’s official statements which oppose...

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  • February 7, 2014

    Egyptians protest against home demolitions

    Hundreds of residents of the Egyptian town of Rafah took to the streets on Sunday morning in protest at the army’s intention to create a buffer zone along the...

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