Marsad Egypt Egyptian Security Sector Observatory
Since 2014, dozens of Sinai’s Bedouin tribesmen known for working as informants for the Egyptian military have been executed amid a lack of official protection
Egypt: Sinai’s informants left alone to face Islamic State violence
17/03/2021
HRW says over 12,300 Sinai buildings razed by Egypt army
Egyptian troops have demolished more than 12,300 buildings in the Sinai Peninsula since 2013 in a ca…
21/02/2021
Egypt’s stateless keep receiving empty promises of citizenship
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior has recently granted citizenship to three stateless individuals wh…
26/10/2020
The Implications of Egypt’s Military Economy
The Carnegie report “Owners of the Republic: An Anatomy of Egypt’s Military Economy” details how the…
21/09/2020
Anti-gov’t protests in Egypt’s Giza amid tight security presence
Dozens of anti-government protesters took to the streets in the Egyptian governorate of Giza on Sund…
30/07/2020
Egypt sends 150 troops to Syria to ‘fight for Assad’
Egypt has reportedly sent 150 soldiers to fight alongside Bashar al-Assad‘s regime in a planne…
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Egypt Will Release Ship That Blocked Suez Canal Once Compensation Deal Reached
Egypt will release the giant container ship that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week once a deal is reached on compensation for related losses, the head of the canal’s authority said.
Sources: Egypt seeking to maintain foothold as divergent future proposals for GERD dispute take shape
“I am telling our brothers in Ethiopia, let’s not reach the point where you touch a drop of Egypt’s water, because all options are open,” President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said at the new administrative capital on Wednesday. “To build with each other is much better than conflict,” he continued.
Egypt, Uganda sign security cooperation agreement as Sisi warns Ethiopia over Nile dam
Uganda and Egypt signed a military intelligence sharing agreement on Wednesday, Reuters has reported.
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood’s former acting leader sentenced to life in prison
An Egyptian court sentenced Mahmoud Ezzat, the former acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, to life in prison on Thursday, months after he was detained in a Cairo apartment.
Turkey-Egypt rapprochement raises concerns about freedom of speech
A number of Egyptian exiles have raised concerns that the recent rapprochement between Turkey and Egypt could impact their journalism work, specifically their freedom to express critical opinions of the Egyptian government.