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Video Egyptian activists have broadcast a video showing a number of Egyptian soldiers chanting slogans in support of the ousted President Mohammed Morsi and against the military rule of...

Egypt's former Chief of Staff General Sami Anan's announcement that he intends to run for president has stirred controversy across Egypt. Military experts think that Anan's announcement is meant...

Tunisia's Islamist Al-Nahda Party and opposition groups have signed an agreement to form a new government made up of independents within weeks. The deal eases the country's political crisis...

Egypt has decided to downgrade its representation at the meetings of the IMF and the International Bank starting from Thursday, largely in response to the organisation's cautious response to...

A number of Fatah members led by prominent official Mohamed Al-Rajab from Hebron met Egypt's Tamarod in Cairo last week in an attempt to transfer the latter's experience to...

A fire broke out early on Tuesday morning in the Al-Jazeera Channel warehouse in Cairo, destroying its videotapes and equipment, a security official from the Interior Ministry said. The...

An Egyptian activist has claimed that the state security agencies have made sure that employees in government institutions have been fired because of their political affiliation with the Islamic...

The Egyptian Salvation Front could support a presidential candidate from the military establishment, revealed the group's Secretary General Ahmed Said on Tuesday. Said also called for holding the presidential...

A "top secret" document has been leaked to the media which sets out the Egyptian army's plans to defend the coup against anti-coup activists. The Rassd media network claims...

Head of Tunisia's Islamist movement Al-Nahda Sheikh Rashid Al-Ghannouchi has described ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi as a "legitimate president removed by violent military power". Speaking to the Algerian...

Egypt's National Alliance to Support Legitimacy organized mass protests on Friday to commemorate one hundred days since the military coup led by Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on...

Standard and Poor's Capital IQ has revealed that Egypt has become the most indebted country in Africa and the Middle East in the third quarter of this year. In...

Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has received a warm welcome on his return from the UN General Assembly in New York. Crowds at Carthage International Airport carried him shoulder-high for...

The Muslim Brotherhood's General Guide Mahmoud Hussein said that, "the Brotherhood will not back down from demanding an end to the military coup and returning Egypt's elected President Mohamed...

Egypt's ministerial council decided on Tuesday to delete the Muslim Brotherhood from its record of NGOs in Egypt. Last month, an Egyptian administrative court decided to ban the Muslim...

The Al Chahed approached Tunisia's Jewish spiritual leader to benefit from the openness provided by the Arab Spring which allowed the media, researchers, intellectuals and ordinary citizens to know...

The leader of Tunisia's Al-Nahda Party has wished for stability in Egypt and for the people to reconcile their differences. Rashid Ghannouchi told London-based Hayat newspaper that he had...

In an unprecedented article published in Al Shorouk newspaper on 19 October, the prominent Egyptian-American academic, Amr Hamzawy, berated Egypt's left-wingers and liberals for their support of the 3...

Former interim Vice President Mohamed El-Baradei has stirred up controversy in Egypt with a series of tweets which followed a period of silence since his resignation in protest at...

VIDEO Egyptian Salvation Front spokesman, Azzazi Ali Azzazi, has said that the EU foreign policy chief Catharine Ashton is an overseas spokesperson for the Muslim Brotherhood. Speaking to local...

An official in Egypt's Ministry of Agriculture revealed that Egypt's agricultural exports increased by 43 per cent during the period from September 2012 until the end of August 2013,...

A translated version of the movement's report is below: What if the military coup continues? Egypt's budget deficit is expected to rise during 2013/2014 to between 290 and 300...

Egypt's Rebel Alliance has denounced a new law introduced by the interim government that outlaws demonstrations. Amer Al-Wakil, the Alliance spokesman, said in a statement: "the majority of the...

VIDEO On Sunday, Egyptian Copts and activist groups blamed the current Egyptian Prime Minister, Hazem Al-Beblawi, and the interim government for the gunfire that targeted a church and resulted...

Al-Dokki Misdemeanour Court has upheld a one-year prison sentence against the former Egyptian prime minister who headed deposed President Mohamed Morsi's government. Hisham Qandil was convicted for his failure...

Magdi Ahmed Hussein, the leader of Egypt's new Labour Party, has said that "disagreements among the coup leaders resulting in a leaked video of Minister of Defence General Abdel...

Egypt has refused a proposal allowing Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to meet with ousted President Mohammed Morsi in return for building ties with Egypt's interim government. Diplomatic sources...

The Tunisian Prime Ministry has issued a statement saying that the deputies of the parliament are refusing to dissolve it, claiming that this would lead to "chaos". Meanwhile other...

Egypt's National Alliance for Supporting Legitimacy and Opposing the Coup revealed on Thursday that the coup leaders have sold land east and west of the Suez Canal to the...

Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, former Egyptian presidential candidate and co-founder of the Strong Egypt Party, accused defence minister Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of hijacking the Presidency from Egypt's legitimate President,...

The head of Tunisia's Islamic movement Al-Nahdah, Sheikh Rashid Al-Ghannouchi, affirmed on Monday that, "the current government will not resign unless an alternative is ready." Al-Ghannouchi also denied a...

An Israeli website alleged to be close to the Mossad spy agency has claimed that the leader of the coup in Egypt, General Abdul-Fattah Al-Sisi, receives intelligence on the...