It was on January 27, 2011 that then US vice president Joe Biden said on PBS NewsHour that he would not refer to Hosni Mubarak as a dictator. This was of course during the eventually successful January 25 revolution that toppled Mubarak – a time when Egyptian protesters were being murdered …

The Egyptian and Spanish naval forces conducted, on Saturday, joint naval exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, according to Egyptian Armed Forces Spokesperson Tamer Al-Refae.

Russia and Egypt will conduct a joint naval exercise in the Black Sea for the first time, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Thursday.

Al-Azhar Al-Sharif sent advocacy and medical caravans to South Sinai on Sept. 26 to confront the phenomenon of drug cultivation in the governorate. The caravans included 16 advocates, including four women and a number of doctors.

Egyptian authorities continue to crack down on terrorist elements in the Sinai Peninsula, but more recently these operations seem to have moved out of Sinai and closer to the capital city of Cairo.

Hamas are in talks with Egypt to secure the release of a wounded fisherman following the killing of his brothers by the Egyptian army, the movement’s leader Ismail Haniyeh announced on Sunday evening.

A prominent Palestinian human rights group has slammed the recent killing by Egypt of two Palestinian fishermen along the two countries’ maritime border.

Egyptian naval forces have shot dead two Palestinian fishermen, and wounded and arrested a third on Friday after they allegedly crossed into Egyptian territorial waters, Anadolu Agency reported.

Egypt’s Alexandria Shipyard Company officially announced the start of the implementation of a contract for the local manufacturing of the first Egyptian Meko A-200EN class frigate next year.

The Egyptian Navy is preparing to receive the fourth and final Type 209/1400mod submarine (S44) from Germany in 2021, the New Khaleej reported yesterday.