The whistleblower whose video revelations about President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s palaces sparked mass protests and a fresh crackdown in Egypt told Middle East Eye in an exclusive interview that he will not stop until the dictator is removed.

The death of nine civilians in an unidentified missile strike south of Bir al-Abd on Saturday night topped the news coming out of Sinai this week.

The Egyptian-South Korean Naval Forces on Saturday carried out a joint maritime drill in the Mediterranean Sea, with the participation of several maritime units from the two countries.

The head of The Egyptian Bar Association Sameh Ashour said on Friday that the Interior Ministry suspended two police officers in al-Mahalla al-Kobra city, Gharbiya, for physically assaulting a lawyer.

Activists have revealed details of the mysterious death of the Egyptian defence minister’s bodyguard, the New Khaleej reported on Sunday.

As anti-government protests erupted across Egypt for the second week in a row on Friday, the Egyptian military retaliated to a terror attack in North Sinai by killing a six-year old and his father.

Egypt’s head of military intelligence has banned intelligence offers from leaving the country as rumours circulate that there may be an internal revolt against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, sources have said.

Egypt’s head of military intelligence has banned intelligence offers from leaving the country as rumours circulate that there may be an internal revolt against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, sources have said.

Egyptian security forces killed 15 fighters in a shootout at a farm in restive North Sinai, the interior ministry said. A statement on Sunday said an armed group was “planning hostile acts targeting military and police forces … in order to destabilise national security”.

One civilian and seven soldiers, including an officer, were killed at a security checkpoint in the North Sinai city of Bir al-Abd on Friday, in a coordinated attack that was claimed by the Province of Sinai, the Islamic State affiliate in the peninsula.