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Interior minister says Ismailia attack response to security blows to terrorists
Date: 2013-12-13 13:32:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:438202
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim on Friday paid a surprise visit to Ismailia during which he inspected the site of an explosion that took place on Thursday near a Central Security Forces camp in the Canal city. The car bomb explosion left ....
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Normal security measures in Tahrir, massive in Rabaa
Date: 2013-12-13 11:09:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:437945
Normal security measures were taken in Tahrir Square, the vicinity of the Defense Ministry while massive measures were stepped up around the Ittihadiya Palace and Rabaa Al-Adaweya Square ahead of expected Muslim Brotherhood protests. In Tahrir, ....
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China reduces travel warningfor Egypt
Date: 2013-12-13 11:07:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:437938
China reduced on Friday travel warning to Egypt on the occasion of Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy's visit to Beijing scheduled on Saturday. A Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said the Chinese side informed Egyptian Ambassador to Beijing of the ....
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MB lawyer arrested over kidnapping Tamarud Minya leader
Date: 2013-12-13 08:55:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:437722
Security forces in Minya arrested a lawyer of the Muslim Brotherhood over charges of kidnapping and torturing a local leader of the youth movement Tamarud – who was behind the mass protests that eventually ousted president Mohamed Morsi. The ....
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US says Egypt responsible for protecting peaceful protests
Date: 2013-12-13 08:51:14 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:437716
The US said the Egyptian government is responsible for protecting human rights values, freedoms, topped by peaceful protests. "The government has a responsibility to protect universal human rights and the fundamental freedoms, including the ....
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Awqaf Minister condemns terrorist bombing in Ismailia
Date: 2013-12-13 08:46:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:437704
Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa strongly condemned on Friday a terrorist attack in Ismailia that targeted the Central Security Forces in the governorate using a car bomb. In a press release, he said the attack attested to the fact that ....
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Putin says Russia helped to prevent military intervention in Syria
Date: 2013-12-13 08:10:41 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:437645
It was Russia’s involvement that to a large degree helped to prevent military intervention in Syria and paved the way for the deal involving the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, Russian President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying ....
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Prosecutor general forms investigation team to probe Ismailia bombing
Date: 2013-12-13 08:06:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:437649
Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat ordered Thursday the forming of an investigative team from Ismailia prosecution to probe the bombing which hit a central security forces camp in Egypt's Suez Canal city of Ismailia, killing one conscript and ....
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Al Qaeda 'armies' growing in Syria pose threat to region, official warns
Date: 2013-12-13 08:01:14 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:437640
Al Qaeda is said to have formed armies that could spread throughout the Middle East, the World Tribune reported Thursday. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari warned that Al Qaeda and aligned militias were turning into veritable military forces ....
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Ismailia blast made by remote controlled car bomb – Investigation
Date: 2013-12-13 07:56:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:437632
Initial investigations revealed Thursday that the blast that hit a central security forces camp in Ismailia leaving one killed and dozens injured was made by a car bomb. The preliminary investigations were conducted by attorney general of ....