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Hot on the heels of the Shalit prisoner exchange deal between Israel and the Palestinian authorities in Gaza, Egyptian media sources have revealed that serious talks are taking place...

The Deputy Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas has said that the movement is holding discussions with Jordan about future relations between the two. Mousa Abu Marzouq added...

On Sunday, Egypt's President, Mohammed Morsi, ordered the retirement of Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Egypt's Defence Minister and Head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF); the...

The Policy Director at Israel's Ministry of Defence has said that Egypt has complete sovereignty over the Sinai Peninsula and does not need cooperation with the Israelis to crack...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian Government in the Gaza Strip on Monday condemned the terrorist attack on the Egyptian border station, which claimed the lives of 16 Egyptian soldiers and...

Researchers at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) have advised Israeli politicians to allow the opening of the Rafah Crossing and lift the Gaza siege to avoid a...

The leader of the Egyptian Arab Socialist Party has called on President Mohamed Morsi to demand compensation for Egyptians who, it is alleged, were tortured by Israel. Waheed Aloksory said...

The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza travelled to Cairo on Saturday for discussions on several key Palestinian issues, including the latest call by the Emir of Qatar for a...

The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza has confirmed that his government is ready for full cooperation with the Egyptians in the investigation into the killing of 16 Egyptian soldiers...

The prominent Egyptian opposition leader, Hamdeen Sabbahi, has come out in defense of Hamas against accusations of posing a security threat to Egypt. Sabbahi, leader of the Popular Current...

The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyyah, on Sunday stressed the strength of Palestinian-Egyptian relations saying, "No one can spoil them." The PM firmly ruled out any threat...

The Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza condemned on Thursday the kidnapping of Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula near to the city of Al-Arish. It also issued orders for...

Egypt's ambassador to the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Othman, has expressed appreciation for the Palestinian government in Gaza's position, patience and cooperation with the Egyptian authorities in resolving the captured...

On Wednesday night, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh phoned Al-Areesh Governor, Abdel Fatah Harhour, and congratulated him on the release and safe return of some recently detained soldiers. He also...

The Egyptian army has arrested a number of suspects believed to have been involved in the kidnapping of soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula, a senior official said on Monday...

The Egyptian health ministry has revealed that 30 people were killed in the country's anti-coup demonstrations on Friday. Four hundred and sixty protesters needed hospital treatment. As protesters approached...

A senior official of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has claimed that the armed forces are actually against the military coup which deposed President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday. Speaking...

A pre-dawn attack on Wednesday against a pro-Morsi rally left two killed and many injured. Medical sources in Rabaa Al-Adawiyya field clinic described the injuries as serious to moderate....

The deputy chief of Hamas' political bureau, Musa abu-Marzouq, has said that there is no crisis between his movement and Egypt and denied that he had been asked to...

The Egyptian army has dismissed the son of detained head of Al-Wasat Party, Abul Ela Madi, for security reasons. Ahmed Abul Ela wrote on his Facebook wall that, "the...

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Compassionate We have monitored the reactions to our first statement; some hailed it, some were critical and some were...

The Egyptian ministry of interior has said that 24 Egyptian central security soldiers were killed on Monday morning and three others were wounded in an armed attack which targeted...

Amnesty International has called for an impartial and effective investigation into the killings that took place in Egypt over the previous days. It also described the response of the...

Below is a translation of the original letter: My beloved daughter and dignified teacher Asmaa al-Beltagy; I do not say goodbye to you; I say tomorrow we shall meet...

The officers and men of Egypt's security services who smashed the anti-coup, pro-Morsi protests last month leading to the deaths of thousands of civilians have been rewarded for their...

The Muslim Brotherhood released a statement on Saturday committing the movement to continue the struggle against the coup authorities in Egypt. The statement pointed out that the massacres committed...

Egypt witnessed a new wave of demonstrations on Saturday as the funerals of the victims of the security forces turned to mass protests calling for those responsible to be...

There is no way that an honest resistance committed to protecting its country and people, or a pure resistance that has given thousands of its youth in their prime...

One of the characteristics of military coups is that the forces which carry them out rarely know much about the objectives of their actions. Indeed, this is true of...

Neither I nor anyone I know understands why Egypt has decided to demolish the tunnels connecting Gaza and Northern Sinai; not even the Mubarak regime resorted to this. I...