security
Hamas ignored requests to hand over Arish suspects
Egypt
August 15, 2011
Hamas ignored requests to hand over Arish suspects
Egyptian authorities on Monday presented an official request to the acting government in Gaza to arrest several armed Palestinians who…
30 injured in clashes between Mubarak loyalists and martyrs’ families
Egypt
August 15, 2011
30 injured in clashes between Mubarak loyalists and martyrs’ families
Thirty people were injured in clashes during the second session of former President Hosni Mubarak's trial, Egypt's health minister said…
Army tanks in N. Sinai for first time since Israeli peace treaty
Egypt
August 14, 2011
Army tanks in N. Sinai for first time since Israeli peace treaty
For the first time since the signing of the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel in 1979, the Egyptian armed…
Special forces deployed to Sinai to restore security
Egypt
August 11, 2011
Special forces deployed to Sinai to restore security
Special forces troops from the military and police were dispatched to North Sinai on Thursday in an attempt to combat…
Egypt arrests Sudanese trying to cross into Israel
Egypt
August 7, 2011
Egypt arrests Sudanese trying to cross into Israel
Egypt's border security on Sunday foiled an attempt by a Sudanese national to cross into Israel. Border security forces detected…
Official: Arab tourists to Egypt dropped in first half of 2011
Business
August 1, 2011
Official: Arab tourists to Egypt dropped in first half of 2011
The number of Arab tourists who visited Egypt in the first half of 2011 dropped by 15.3 percent compared to…
Interior minister inspects Mubarak’s courtroom
Egypt
August 1, 2011
Interior minister inspects Mubarak’s courtroom
Egyptian Interior Minister Mansour al-Essawy on Monday inspected the courtroom at the Police Academy in New Cairo, where Hosni Mubarak’s trial will take…
Egypt hires Bedouin guards for Sinai gas pipeline
Egypt
August 1, 2011
Egypt hires Bedouin guards for Sinai gas pipeline
The companies managing the pipeline that supplies Israel with Egyptian natural gas have contracted Bedouin tribes to protect the facility,…
Zamalek residents take law and order into their own hands
Life & Style
July 31, 2011
Zamalek residents take law and order into their own hands
Security, street lighting, traffic control, garbage collection and recycling: all services that typically belong exclusively to the realm of government.…
Opening streets around Cairo’s US and UK embassies doubtful despite court order
Egypt
July 31, 2011
Opening streets around Cairo’s US and UK embassies doubtful despite court order
Despite a court order issued by the supreme administrative court on 27 July to reopen all the streets around the…