Marsad Egypt Egyptian Security Sector Observatory
Egypt’s growing population has reached over 101 million, an increase of more than 7 million since the last census in 2017, presenting a compelling problem for a country with limited resources.
Egypt promotes birth control to slow population growth
21/09/2020
Anti-gov’t protests in Egypt’s Giza amid tight security presence
Dozens of anti-government protesters took to the streets in the Egyptian governorate of Giza on Sund…
30/07/2020
Egypt sends 150 troops to Syria to ‘fight for Assad’
Egypt has reportedly sent 150 soldiers to fight alongside Bashar al-Assad‘s regime in a planne…
20/07/2020
Egypt’s parliament approves sending troops abroad to protect ‘national security’
Egypt’s parliament has approved the deployment of troops outside the country to protect “…
23/03/2020
HRW: Egypt’s Security Forces Disappear, Torture Children
Egyptian police, National Security Agency, and military officials arbitrarily arrested, forcibly dis…
26/02/2020
Egypt: 8 executed in one day
Eight men were executed yesterday in Egypt in what is thought to be the first death sentences carrie…
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The Director of Egypt’s General Intelligence Directorate Major General Abbas Kamel has surfaced as the winner of a long and bitter power struggle between the country’s state agencies, Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar newspaper reported.
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Turkey has denounced a joint statement issued by Greece, Cyprus and Egypt in which the trio slammed Ankara for conducting “illegal” activities in the contested Mediterranean waters that threatened peace and stability in the region.
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The regime in Cairo is fearful of a Joe Biden victory in the US presidential election after the Democrat candidate said he would not ignore human rights violations in Egypt, the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) has revealed. The institute’s paper released on Wednesday is headed “Egypt Prepares …
Parliamentary candidate in Upper Egypt’s Qena survives assassination attempt
House of Representatives hopeful Ashraf Aboul Fadl has survived after a being shot at by a group of unidentified assailants in Egypt’s Qena Governorate, according to a report from El Youm news outlet.
Egypt kills 49 in ‘outrageous’ mass executions: HRW
Egypt executed 49 prisoners in just 10 days in October, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, calling for authorities to “immediately halt” carrying out death sentences.