Egypt has announced an anti-Turkey alliance that includes Greece, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France to confront Turkish moves in Libya and the Mediterranean. The announcement was made during a virtual meeting with the foreign ministers of these countries on May 11.

The Egyptian regime is experimenting with a new approach to ensure that emerging leaders understand and are loyal to the state’s mission as the current, security-minded regime defines it.

The prime minister of Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, announced May 18 that his forces had taken control of the key al-Watiya air base from the forces of Khalifa Hifter, commander of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA).

A Presidential advisor said Egypt will see a peak of coronavirus infections after two weeks, although a hypothetical model reviewed by the Minister of Scientific Research earlier suggests Egypt may start to record lower number of cases starting June 7th.

Egypt’s president pardoned on Saturday thousands of prisoners including a former policeman jailed over killing a Lebanese pop diva more than a decade ago, according to the official gazette.

A number of prisoners were released on Thursday as per Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi decree of pardoning a number of prisoners on the occasion of Sinai Liberation Day on April 25, as a series of presidential pardons have been issued during the past years.

Egyptian officials have jailed the relatives of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s loudest critics in exile. It is his latest effort to silence all opposition.

Egypt’s former investment minister has warned a $2.77bn IMF loan will deepen austerity and inflict great harm on the country’s poor, as the Middle East’s most populous nation struggles amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Egypt’s Presidential Adviser for Health Affairs Mohamed Awad Tageldin warned on Sunday that the government may have to resort to harsh measures in controlling the coronavirus outbreak as cases continue rising.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ratified on Friday controversial amendments to the emergency law giving himself and the armed forces additional powers to combat the coronavirus pandemic.