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Egypt Court Quashes One of Mursi Life Sentences

An Egyptian appeals court on Tuesday quashed one of two life sentences handed down against ousted president Mohammad Mursi since his 2013 overthrow, his lawyer and a judicial source said. It is the second appeals victory in a week for Mursi, whose Muslim Brotherhood movement has been blacklisted and subjected ...

November 22, 2016

Middle East

Sisi praises Trump, expects more US ‘engagement’ in region

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi praised US President-elect Donald Trump and said he expected greater engagement in the Middle East from his administration, in an interview with Portuguese media. “Personally I respect and appreciate” Trump, Sisi said according to an English translation of his remarks to Portuguese news agency LUSA ...

November 19, 2016

Lebanon

Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri receiving Egypt's FM Sameh Shukri

Egyptian FM Visits Lebanese Speaker: We Appreciate Berri’s Prominent Role to Establish Stability

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri welcomed on Wednesday before noon at Ain El-Tineh Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, the accompanying delegation and the Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Nazih El-Najari with talks featuring high on bilateral relations and regional developments. Following the meeting, the Egyptian Minister said that he stressed to the ...

November 16, 2016

Middle East

Egypt Parliament Approves Contentious NGO Draft Bill

Egypt’s parliament on Tuesday approved a draft law to regulate the activities of non-governmental organizations, in a move expected to trigger new fears of an intensified crackdown on civil society. The text submitted by more than 200 parliamentarians was sent to the Council of State, the parliament’s website said, referring ...

November 16, 2016

Middle East

Egypt Court of Cassation Overturns Mursi Death Penalty

An Egyptian appeals court has overturned a death sentence handed down against ousted Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamad Mursi in one of four trials since his 2013 overthrow, a judicial official said. The Court of Cassation ordered that Mursi be retried on the charges of taking part in prison breaks and ...

November 15, 2016

Middle East

Egypt Protest Calls Largely Unheeded

Egyptian police quashed a few small protests across the country on Friday and arrested dozens of protesters as calls for an uprising against the rising prices largely went unheeded. Police rounded up at least 130 protesters across the country, a security official said. In Cairo, where police had deployed in ...

November 11, 2016

Middle East

Egypt Freezes Assets of anti-Torture NGO

Egyptian authorities have frozen the assets of a prominent human rights group that works with torture victims, the head of the organisation said on Thursday. The move came months after authorities tried on two separate occasions to shut down the El Nadeem Centre for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture ...

November 11, 2016

Middle East

A recently-emerged militant group called the Hasm Movement has responsibility for an assassination attempt on a senior Egyptian prosecutor, saying it was in revenge for death sentences handed to thousands of convicts.

Two Egyptians Killed in Mortar Fire in Sinai

Two civilians were killed by mortar fire in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula on Monday, according to a local security source. Three people were also injured when mortar shells struck two homes in North Sinai’s city of Rafah, the source said anonymously due to security concerns. Egyptian authorities have yet to ...

November 8, 2016

Middle East

Reuters: Egypt’s oil minister makes rare trip to Iran for oil talks

Egyptian Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla was on his way to Iran on Sunday to try to strike new oil deals, Reuters news agency reported, saying that the visit comes after Saudi Arabia suspended its oil agreement last month. The agency quoted sources close to the Egyptian minister’s delegation as ...

November 7, 2016

Middle East

Egypt Mursi Trial Judge Escapes Car Bombing

An Egyptian judge in one of the trials of ousted Islamist president Mohammad Mursi escaped unharmed when a car bomb exploded in Cairo on Friday, police officials said. The officials said the bomb in the eastern Nasr City district had targeted judge Ahmed Abul Fotouh as he was driving by, ...

November 4, 2016