Egypt

Egypt’s parliament votes to extend Sisi's rule until 2030

Apr 17, 2019 03:46

Egypt's parliament has voted in favor of a number of constitutional amendments that would extend the rule of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and would allow him to stay in power until 2030.
Libya’s UN-backed govt. says downed Haftar warplane

Apr 15, 2019 05:36

Libya’s UN-backed government says its military has shot down a fighter jet belonging to the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA), led by strongman Khalifa Haftar, whose forces are fighting for the control of the capital Tripoli.
Revelations: Egypt's Mubarak says Syria refused to recognize Israel in exchange for Golan offer

Apr 12, 2019 02:44

Egypt's former dictator Hosni Mubarak has revealed that an Israeli proposal to give the occupied Golan Heights to Syria was turned down by Syria's then-President Hafez al-Assad in 1998 to avoid recognizing Israel.
Egypt pulls out of anti-Iran alliance envisioned by US, allies

Apr 11, 2019 07:57

Egypt has reportedly turned its back on a US-led initiative to establish a NATO-style alliance of Arab countries primarily aimed at countering Iran out of concerns that such a coalition could increase tensions with the Islamic Republic, among other reasons.
Gunmen attack Egypt police vehicle, two dead

Apr 07, 2019 12:12

Gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle in a Cairo suburb at dawn Sunday, killing a police officer and the driver and wounding two others, the interior ministry said.
Israel was behind Morsi’s overthrow: General

Apr 05, 2019 02:14

Israel was behind the 2013 coup in Egypt that toppled Mohamed Morsi, the African country’s first ever democratically-elected president, an Israeli general has revealed.
Egypt court upholds verdict, places 169 Brotherhood convicts on terror list

Mar 16, 2019 15:53

An Egyptian court has upheld an earlier verdict against 169 convicted members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood movement and placed them on the country’s terror list for the next five years.
Iran will be opening new chapter with Iraq: Zarif

Mar 10, 2019 09:19

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says an upcoming visit by President Hassan Rouhani to Iraq — the president’s first — will be the beginning of a new chapter in Tehran-Baghdad relations.
‘King Salman outraged by Bin Salman’s recent moves’

Mar 06, 2019 02:38

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz is said to be outraged by the recent moves made by his son, Crown Prince Mohammed, the Guardian has reported, hinting at growing signs of a potentially destabilizing rift between the king and his heir.
Mossad chief, Sudanese spy chief met in Munich to discuss Bashir's ouster: Report

Mar 03, 2019 02:34

The head of Mossad met his Sudanese counterpart in Germany last month as part of a secret plan by Saudi Arabia, Egypt and UAE to oust President Omar al-Bashir, the London-based Middle East Eye has reported.