The decision to award Egypt the role of co-chair of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) has been sharply rebuked by the head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council, Dr Maha Azzam. In a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Azzam appealed for the decision to be reconsidered in …
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EU plans joint bid with Egypt to lead global counter-terrorism body
The European Union is planning a joint bid with Egypt for the leadership of an influential international organisation shaping global counter-terrorism policies.
Read More »Displaced for 7 years due to fighting, North Sinai residents return home to rubble
Residents of eastern North Sinai returned to the area at the beginning of this week to inspect homes they were displaced from seven years ago and found their houses and farms reduced to rubble, some of the returnees told Mada Masr.
Read More »Sinai tribes participate in military action against extremist groups
Military confrontations against extremist groups in Sinai have expanded to include Sinai tribes as well as the Egyptian army.
Read More »2 more Province of Sinai militants killed in December according to tribes union, sources
The Union of Sinai Tribes said that in mid-December it led a campaign against militants in areas to the south of Rafah, North Sinai that led to the injury of three of the union’s fighters in an explosive attack.
Read More »Egypt closes hospital trading human organs and imprisons its owner
An Egyptian court has issued a decision to close a hospital that trades human organs and imprisoned its owner to sentences of six and ten years.
Read More »Sinai tribes hunt Islamic State bomb makers
An association of Sinai tribes allied with the Egyptian army is hunting down the explosives experts of the Islamic State (IS) branch in this Egyptian territory, which will potentially weaken the branch even more and deprive it of its last survival technique.
Read More »Bedouin tribe member killed in IS affiliate attack in Egypt’s North Sinai
An Islamic State-affiliated group in Egypt’s Sinai killed a member of a tribal Bedouin force working alongside the Egyptian army on Tuesday evening.
Read More »Union of Sinai Tribes: documented attacks show downturn in North Sinai militant activity in recent weeks
In late November and early December, militants attempted at least two attacks in North Sinai, one in the east and one in the center of the governorate, according to the Union of Sinai Tribes, a contingent of tribes fighting against the Province of Sinai. The union said it killed two …
Read More »The Facebook Papers: Saudi and Egyptian companies involved in domestic worker trafficking network
In internal investigations last year, Facebook documented how its platforms were being used by a Saudi recruitment agency in collaboration with an Egyptian marketing company to facilitate a labor trafficking network in the Middle East that exploits women to work as maids, according to documents obtained by Mada Masr.
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