Seeking to unify Gaza Strip factions on their truce with Israel, Egypt hosted leaders of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad earlier this month in Cairo.

Egyptian security forces have arrested the famous businessman and former intelligence officer, Yasser Selim, who has been known as a ‘media emperor’ after buying several famous channels and mass media, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported on Friday.

Official sources yesterday reported that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was involved in the recent tensions flared at the Egyptian intelligence.

A new report published by Amnesty International exposes how Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) is routinely misusing counter-terror legislation to prosecute thousands of peaceful critics and suspend guarantees to fair trial.

Egyptian activist Ahmed Said has written a Facebook post detailing how the National Security Agency (NSA) is intimidating his family.

Mahmoud al-Sisi, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s son and a senior official in the powerful General Intelligence Service (GIS), is being reassigned to a long-term position at Egypt’s diplomatic delegation in Moscow, according to multiple sources, including two GIS officials who spoke to Mada Masr separately.

Discontent is swelling among high-ranking Egyptian judicial sources angry about the growing influence of Al-Sisi’s brother, Counselor Ahmed Al-Sisi, sources have told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.

The Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS) hosted on Sunday a round table meeting on the sidelines of Munich Security Conference (MSC)’s Core Group Meetings held in Cairo on October 27, 28.

Media organizations received instructions from security agencies to attack the National Council for Human Rights and its head, following a statement it published criticizing recent police violations, media sources told Mada Masr.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is not the only one playing down the outbreak of protests against his rule. So too are politicians and media in neighbouring Israel.