The Sun | Colleague who could help clear Egypt jail Brit Laura Plummer is refusing to talk for fear of being 'dragged in' The Sun A WORK colleague who gave banned painkillers to Egypt jail ordeal Brit Laura Plummer is refusing to help her. Donna Irvin fears that she'll be dragged into the case and locked up herself because she handed Laura 290 Tramadol pills after hearing about ... |
Middle East Monitor | Egypt to temporarily reopen Gaza border crossing Washington Post EL-ARISH, Egypt — Egyptian officials say authorities will temporarily reopen the country's border crossing with the Gaza Strip for the first time since the Islamic militant group Hamas ceded control of its side of the crossings to the internationally ... Palestine: Saudi Arabia, Egypt using Rafah crossing to pressure us Egypt to open Gaza border for three days Egypt to temporarily reopen Rafah border crossing from Saturday |
Washington Post | Egypt tries to avoid a fight as allies escalate against Iran Washington Post CAIRO — Egypt faces high expectations from Saudi Arabia and its other Gulf Arab benefactors that it will have their back as tensions rise with their rival Iran, including throwing the weight of its military — the largest standing Arab army — into ... |
New York Times | A Joke About the Nile Lands an Egyptian Pop Queen in Court New York Times CAIRO — As free speech has shriveled in Egypt, its often zealous courts have jailed democracy activists, shuttered charities and pursued gay people who waved rainbow flags at concerts. Now the courts have a new target: a leading pop diva. The singer ... Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab to face trial over Nile ... Egyptian singer faces trial after mocking the Nile Egypt singer faces trial for 'provocative' Nile remarks |
Washington Post | A famous Egyptian singer cracked a joke about the Nile River. She's facing trial. Washington Post For centuries, the Nile River has been revered as a source of great pride for Egypt. It is essential to the country's agriculture, tourism and drinking water — a lifeblood to its people. So apparently, at least in the eyes of the Egyptian government ... Famous Egyptian singer faces trial for telling people not to drink water from the Nile Egyptian Singer Sherine Abdel Wahab to Face Trial for 'Offending the River Nile' |
Libya Herald | Captured Libyan terrorist confesses on Egyptian TV Libya Herald A Libyan terrorist captured in a major gun battle with Egyptian security forces has confessed on air to his membership of Ansar Al-Sharia saying he had fought with the Derna Mujahideen Shoura Council to oust IS terrorists and then against the Libyan ... Libyan militant captured in Egypt claims al-Qaeda link |
Aljazeera.com | Egypt's former security chief advising Saudi crackdown Aljazeera.com Egypt's feared former security chief is reportedly advising Saudi Arabia's crown prince amid mass arrests of the kingdom's elite and allegations of physical abuse during their detention. Habib el-Adly - who reportedly fled Egypt after his corruption ... Egypt's fugitive ex-Interior Minister allegedly advising Saudi crown prince Is Egypt's fugitive security chief advising bin Salman on the Saudi purge? |
Middle East Monitor | Egypt Orders Suspected Libyan Militant, 14 Others Be Held Over Desert Attack U.S. News & World Report CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian public prosecutor ordered that a suspected Libyan militant and 14 others be held for 15 days pending an investigation of their role in a deadly attack in Egypt's western desert last month, state news MENA reported on Friday. Egypt orders suspected Libyan militant detained over attack Egypt says Wahat attackers received training in Libya Egypt says captured fighter involved in deadly desert attack is Libyan |
Egypttoday (blog) | Egypt has pioneer role in ending conflicts: Yemeni ambassador Egypttoday (blog) CAIRO – 17 November 2017: Yemeni Ambassador to Cairo Mohammed Ali Maram emphasized that Egypt's current foreign policy is putting the country back on the 'positive' development track, empowering it to restore its pioneer leading role in the region ... |
News24 | As Egypt targets gays, band reluctantly bears flag News24 But Sinno saw Egypt's anti-gay campaign more as a political move by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a former army chief who overthrew his Islamist predecessor and has clamped down hard on the Muslim Brotherhood, to woo skeptical conservatives before ... |