Reuters | Exclusive: Militants, weapons transit Gaza tunnels despite Egyptian crackdown Reuters While tunnels used by Gaza's dominant Hamas militants to infiltrate Israel were a priority target of an Israeli offensive in the Palestinian enclave this summer, many smuggling conduits into Egypt have skirted detection. That has allowed transports of ... Iran lashes out at Egypt for blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza, Rafah closed Gaza-Egypt tunnels skirt detection during war with Israel Norway, Egypt to host Gaza donor conference in Cairo |
Businessweek | Egypt's Generals Want a New Canal Businessweek General Kamel el-Wazeer, the head of the Egyptian military's Engineering Authority, recently stood on the banks of what he hopes will be a second lane of the Suez Canal. “The entirety of Egypt and the whole world” will benefit from this project, he ... 13.6 million cubic meters drilled as part of Suez Canal project Prime Minister Inspects New Suez Canal (Egypt) |
Israel Nears Gas Sales to Egypt as Mideast Unrest Flares Bloomberg The talks come as Israel resumes air strikes on Gaza after Hamas, which the U.S. and the European Union classify as a terrorist group, fired rockets following a breakdown in Egypt's efforts to broker a cease-fire. The move is all the more improbable ... Israeli gas to reach global markets via Egypt pipelines Israel nears gas sales to Egypt as unrest flares |
Daily News Egypt | Egypt Says Rolling Blackouts to End in 4 Months ABC News Egyptian officials promised Wednesday to end rolling power blackouts that have plagued the country within four months, blaming the outages on a fuel shortage, hot weather and poor maintenance of power plants. Neighborhoods in Egypt sink into darkness ... Egypt activist goes on hunger strike Alaa Abdel Fattah launches hunger strike |
BBC News | Egypt Trolls US About Ferguson Protests, Forgets Its Own Human Rights Record Huffington Post ISTANBUL -- Egypt is no stranger to criticism from the U.S. and other countries for its violent crackdowns on protests. But as attention turns to protests raging in Ferguson, Missouri, over the police killing of an unarmed black teen, Egypt's Ministry ... Ferguson unrest: Egypt urges US to show restraint Egypt Warns US to Exercise Restraint in Missouri State Department rebuts Egypt's Ferguson comments, says situation 'not ... |
Egypt: Clarification Regarding Witness Account Human Rights Watch (New York) – Human Rights Watch today issued a clarification about the statements of a witness cited in the August 12, 2014 report, “All According to Plan: The Rab'a Massacre and Mass Killings of Protesters in Egypt.” The clarification concerns the ... Clarification issued by HRW regarding Egypt |
Haaretz | Why Egypt won't let Turkey be Gaza's hero Haaretz Turkey will need Egypt's cooperation to play a role in the rehabilitation of Gaza, but al-Sissi's distaste for Erdogan's ties with Hamas is getting in the way. By Zvi Bar'el | Aug. 20, 2014 | 4:40 PM | 1 ... |
Aljazeera.com | Egypt calls for US restraint over Ferguson Aljazeera.com Egypt's foreign ministry has called on the US to show restraint in its reaction to protests in Missouri, according to a report in local news provider, Ahram Online. The country's foreign ministry told the state-run MENA news agency that US authorities ... Egypt Urges 'Restraint' Over Michael Brown Protests in Ferguson Egypt, Of All Countries, Condemns U.S. Treatment of Ferguson Protestors Ferguson riots: Egypt urges US to exercise restraint - echoing similar call ... |
Sydney Morning Herald | Greste appeals against Egypt verdict The Australian “My understanding is that it's only after all legal processes have been exhausted that there is the possibility of presidential clemency. I'd rather expected to be on the phone to the president of Egypt soon but given this appeal it might take a little ... Peter Greste to appeal against Egypt convictions Jailed Jazeera journalists appeal against Egypt verdicts Fiancée of imprisoned Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy speaks out |
The Daily Star | Four beheaded corpses found in Egypt's Sinai: security sources Reuters The attacks by the Egyptian militants initially targeted security forces in Sinai - a remote but strategic part of Egypt located between Israel, the Gaza Strip and the Suez Canal - but they have since extended their reach to the mainland with bombings ... Decapitated bodies of 4 men found in Egypt's Sinai Egypt Army Bombs Weapons Facility Allegedly Linked To Hamas 4 militants killed as Egypt's troops press on with daily offensives in Sinai |