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Egypt Says Arrests Top Muslim Brotherhood Leader Arrested after Seven Years in Hiding

The acting leader of Egypt’s largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, was arrested on Friday after seven years of speculations about his whereabouts, the Egyptian Ministry of Interior announced. According to a ministry statement cited by a number of local media, Mahmoud Ezzat was arrested from a residential flat in ...

August 28, 2020

Middle East

Egyptian FM Receives Saudi Counterpart

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held on Monday 27/7/ 2020 talks with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal ben Farhan, who had arrived earlier on a day-long visit to Cairo. The two sides tackled distinguished relations binding the two countries in addition to the latest developments in the region. The two ...

July 27, 2020

Middle East

Egyptian Parliament Approves Troop Deployment in Libya

The Egyptian parliament unanimously approved the deployment of troops outside the country, laying the groundwork for a possible military intervention in Libya. In a statement on Monday, the parliament said members of the Egyptian armed forces can be sent on combat missions outside Egypt’s borders to defend Egyptian national security ...

July 21, 2020

Middle East

Egypt’s Parl’t Approves Permission to Deploy Troops to Carry Out Combat Missions Abroad

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi said on 16 July at a meeting with Libyan sheikhs and elders that Egypt would quickly reverse the military situation in Libya if it sends troops to the North African country. The Egyptian parliament has unanimously approved permission for a possible dispatch of the country’s ...

July 20, 2020

Middle East

Egypt Extends State of Emergency for 3 Months

Egypt’s parliament, or the House of Representatives, approved on Monday a presidential decree extending the state of emergency in the country for three more months starting from July 27, state-run Nile TV reported. “The decision has been taken to face the ongoing dangerous health and security conditions in the country,” ...

July 20, 2020

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KUFPEC Begins Extracting Bitumen Oil from Gulf of Suez

Egypt’s branch of Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) has begun extracting bitumen oil from a well in the Gulf of Suez, the company announced on Thursday. In a statement, KUPEC said its wholly owned subsidiary, KUFPEC Egypt limited (KUFPEC Egypt) has achieved the first oil production from its appraisal ...

June 18, 2020

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Egypt Reaffirms Necessity of Finding Political Solution to Crisis in Syria

Egypt has reaffirmed the necessity of finding a political solution to the crisis in Syria that respects its sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, indicating that the Egyptian initiative for ending the crisis in Libya comes in line with the international and UN efforts and initiatives. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, ...

June 16, 2020

Middle East

Egypt Blames Ethiopia for Stalling Nile Dam Talks

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi strongly rebuked Ethiopia on Tuesday, accusing Addis Ababa of stalling negotiations over a mega-dam being built on the Nile and moving ahead with plans to start filling the reservoir before reaching a deal. “A timeline must be set to finish up negotiations, so it does ...

June 9, 2020

Middle East

Egypt Announces New Libya Plan

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced a new initiative for Libya on Saturday, flanked by the war-torn nation’s eastern commander Khalifa Haftar, proposing an elected leadership council and a ceasefire starting on June 8. Sisi, who was also accompanied in Cairo by eastern Libyan parliament head Aguila Saleh, said the ...

June 6, 2020

Middle East

Egypt’s Sisi Welcomes Libya’s Haftar

The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi received on Saturday Chief Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives Aguila Saleh for a tripartite summit on developments in Libya. It was attended by Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel, Defense Minister ...

June 6, 2020