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  • Interior minister says Ismailia attack response to security blows to terrorists

    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 ....

  • Normal security measures in Tahrir, massive in Rabaa

    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, ....

  • China reduces travel warningfor  Egypt

    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 ....

  • MB lawyer arrested over kidnapping Tamarud Minya leader

    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 ....

  • US says Egypt responsible for protecting peaceful protests

    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 ....

  • Awqaf Minister condemns terrorist bombing in Ismailia

    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 ....

  • Putin says Russia helped to prevent military intervention in Syria

    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 ....

  • Prosecutor general forms investigation team to probe Ismailia bombing

    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 ....

  • Al Qaeda 'armies' growing in Syria pose threat to region, official warns

    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 ....

  • Ismailia blast made by remote controlled car bomb – Investigation

    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 ....

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