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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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January 27, 2014
Tariq Al-Bishri
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...
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January 25, 2014
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Fahmi Huwaidi
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...