Aljazeera.com | Egypt: Attacks on Copts in Sinai 'a message from ISIL' Aljazeera.com The latest string of attacks in northern Sinai's El Arish against Coptic Christians were indirect attempts by armed groups to undermine the government, according to Egyptian experts and analysts. Hundreds of Copts fled their homes last week after seven ... Egypt's Sissi vows to help Coptic Christians fleeing Sinai Egypt Media Roundup (February 27) Christians in Egypt flee after killings in N. Sinai |
U.S. News & World Report | Merkel Visits Egypt, Tunisia to Talk About Migration U.S. News & World Report In Egypt, Germany wants to help improve the living conditions of these migrants by pushing vocational training and job creation in the migrants' neighborhoods, a German government official said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with ... |
ISIS Violence, Intimidation Escalates in Egypt's Sinai Wall Street Journal (subscription) ISMAILIA, Egypt—Women traveling on buses in northern Sinai say Islamic State fighters have boarded the vehicles, introduced themselves as religious police and threatened to whip them and splash them with acid if they don't comply with the militants ... |
Aljazeera.com | Hunger strike 'deteriorating' Ibrahim Halawa's health Aljazeera.com In a statement sent to Al Jazeera, the Egyptian embassy in Dublin said: "At this most recent check up he has so far been found to be in good health with no diseases or life threatening condition ... It is untrue that Mr. Ibrahim Halawa is on hunger ... Sister of Ibrahim Halawa pleads with Irish Government to urge Egypt to release him |
Equal Times | Textile strike clampdown – a sign of repressive times in Egypt Equal Times Workers at Egypt's Misr Spinning and Weaving Company were forced to end a two day strike on 8 February, due to the arrest of five female workers and threats not only to increase the number of arrests, but also to fire striking workers. Around 3,000 ... |
Bloomberg | Egypt Studies Applying Gradually Increasing Tax on Stock Trades Bloomberg Egypt is weighing a gradually increasing levy on stock trades to help close one of the Middle East's largest budget deficits. The Finance Ministry is considering an initial 0.175 percent stamp tax on both buyers and sellers of stocks, Finance Minister ... UPDATE 1-Egypt's Finance Minister to propose stamp duty on stock market transactions |
New York Times | General Says US Wants to Resume Major Military Exercise With Egypt New York Times CAIRO — The top commander of American military operations in the Middle East said during a visit here on Sunday that the United States wanted to resume a major military exercise with Egypt that President Barack Obama canceled in 2013 to protest the ... Egypt: Merkel to Visit Egypt Early March - Ambassador Egypt, France, Germany, US share same strategies towards counterterrorism - Daily News Egypt US wants to resume military exercises with Egypt: report | Egypt ... |
Al-Monitor | Cinema lovers campaign to reopen theaters in Upper Egypt Al-Monitor Conservative families in Upper Egypt, Yassin added, stopped going there or sending their children, fearing stigma. Mohamed Tarek, a resident in the southern governorate of Beni Suef, said the situation in his hometown is almost the same. "Beni Suef ... |
Israel's Ampal Wins Damages From Egypt Over Abortive Gas Deal Haaretz Arbitrators for the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes ruled on February 21 that the Egyptian government was liable for closing the pipeline and had acted unlawfully in doing so. Although the panel has yet to set the size of the ... |
New York Times | Egypt Parliament Removes Prominent Dissenter: Anwar Sadat's Nephew New York Times CAIRO — Egypt's Parliament on Monday expelled one of its few dissenting lawmakers, the scion of a storied political family, having accused him of leaking sensitive information to Western diplomats. The expulsion of the lawmaker, Anwar Sadat, nephew ... Egypt parliament expels MP critical of human rights record Egypt's parliament expels lawmaker critical of human rights record Egypt's parliament expels lawmaker who had criticized it |