President Abdel Fattah El Sisi presided Sunday over a meeting of the National Defense Council (NDC). The meeting was attended by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister, the Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs, Interior and Finance, as well as the Chief of Staff of the Armed …
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North Sinai parliamentary election candidates ‘in the line of fire’
Following the murder of Al-Nour Party candidate Mostafa Abdel Rahman, the only Islamist candidate in parliamentary elections in North Sinai, other candidates of the region are wary of participating in elections.
Smugglers could face life sentence under new migration bill
People convicted of facilitating undocumented migration into, or out of, Egypt could soon face life imprisonment and fines of up to LE500,000, according to a migration bill approved by the National Security Committee on September 6.
Egypt Expands Military Mission in Yemen for 6 Months
Egypt prolonged the participation of its armed forces in the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen for six months, local media reported.
Suffocating cells: how detainees fare in Cairo’s police stations
Images of detainees crammed into a police cell and literally piled ontop of each other in Cairo have gone viral in Egypt, causing public outcry at the conditions of detainees in the country. A source from the security services told Egyptian news outlet Masrawy that the pictures recently spread on social networking …
Armed Forces mandate abroad extended
The National Defense Council held a meeting on Sunday 3/5/2015 under President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.