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Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has extended the country’s nationwide state of emergency by three months, starting Monday.
President Sisi extends Egypt’s state of emergency by 3 months
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The Implications of Egypt’s Military Economy
The Carnegie report “Owners of the Republic: An Anatomy of Egypt’s Military Economy” details how the…
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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…
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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…
20/07/2020
Egypt’s parliament approves sending troops abroad to protect ‘national security’
Egypt’s parliament has approved the deployment of troops outside the country to protect “…
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HRW: Egypt’s Security Forces Disappear, Torture Children
Egyptian police, National Security Agency, and military officials arbitrarily arrested, forcibly dis…
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