Two years after the popular uprising in Egypt, and a year after the Muslim Brotherhood took over the presidency, the Egyptian economy has fallen into the abyss, and the rulers of Egypt do not have a ladder to help the country climb out of this pit. (...)
CAIRO — Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation, the country's military spokesman said.
The release, which (...)
Northern Sinai has become increasingly lawless in the last two years, with both tribesmen and militant jihadists benefiting from a steady flow of arms, looted and smuggled from Gaddafi's old Libyan arsenals.
This has posed a rising threat to (...)
HASSAN TAHSIN
What is happening now in Sinai has a precedent in ancient history when the Hexos occupied Egypt, and in modern history when Great Britain occupied India and when the Jews occupied Palestine establishing the Zionist state of Israel.
The (...)
Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation, the country's military spokesman said.
The release followed a security (...)
Saudi newspapers' editorials for today highlighted a number of current issues.
Al-Madinah, Al-Bilad, Al-Sharq and Okaz newspapers highlighted the importance of the two-day visit of Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdul-Aziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of (...)
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) condemned the kidnapping of seven Egyptian soldiers in Sinai, describing this act as a serious crime against the Egyptian people and their armed forces.
ISESCO called on the (...)
The Islamic rulers in Tunis and Cairo are now discovering what a state means and what it is like to have responsibilities for shielding the security of the country and the rights of all people, regardless of what they think of the ruling regime and (...)
Abdel Latif El-Menawy
Al Arabiya
Sinai's problems have certainly not been resolved. What we can agree on is that problems are mounting in the peninsula. What could have been resolved before has become a thornier issue and extremely difficult to (...)
CAIRO — Egyptian officials say dozens of military and police armored vehicles have crossed into Sinai, beefing up the security presence in the volatile peninsula five days after suspected militants kidnapped six policemen and a border guard (...)
In a country the size of Egypt, and regardless of the Revolution's repercussions and ensuing events at various levels, the relationship between the army and the institution of the presidency will remain in jeopardy – along with the forces with (...)
CAIRO – Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again on Saturday, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travelers, witnesses said.
The protest began on Friday when police strung (...)
Arish, Egypt, Rajab 06, 1434, May 16, 2013, SPA -- Gunmen have seized seven Egyptian soldiers
in the Sinai Peninsula, dpa quoted a security official as saying on Thursday.
The masked gunmen kidnapped the soldiers - four army troops and
three (...)
Sonia Farid
Al-Arabiya
“Let them play” has become one of Egypt's most quoted phrases after the revolution even though it received little attention at the time it was said, or so it seemed. “Let them play” was the extremely basic, yet shockingly (...)
URI AVNERY
“The two-state solution is dead!” This mantra has been repeated so often lately, by so many authoritative commentators, that it must be true. Well, it ain‘t. It reminds one of Mark Twain's oft quoted words: “The report of my death was an (...)
ABDALLAH SCHLEIFER
Al Arabiya
The more things change these days in Cairo, the more they stay the same. A cabinet reshuffle that has been “imminent” for more than a few weeks, has come and gone and nothing has really changed.
Of the nine new (...)
Esam Janahi, representing the owners of Al Areen Holding Company, announces the firm's partnership with US company Avenue Ventures in the presence of Robert W. Sweeney, Senior Executive Vice President of Avenue Ventures, and General Wesley Clark, (...)
Egypt on Wednesday denied reports that a rocket that hit the southern Israeli city of Eilat had been fired from the Sinai Peninsula.
"We have not been informed of any violations along the Egyptian border," an Egyptian security official told (...)
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A dormant, decade-old Mideast peace plan has suddenly emerged as a possible key to breaking years of deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians.
A top Palestinian official said Sunday that the visiting US Secretary of State (...)
The Israeli journalist Amira Hass launched a debate in Israel that has yet to calm down. She wrote an article in Haaretz, saying that stone-throwing meant the thrower was telling the occupation that he could no longer take what is being inflicted on (...)
CAIRO — Egyptian navy forces seized a ship carrying heavy weapons as it entered Egyptian territorial waters in the Red Sea late Wednesday, a military spokesman said Thursday.
The Togolese-flagged ship, called COMR, was found 12 nautical miles north (...)
They say in English: If you can't beat them, join them. The U.S. President, Barack Hussein Obama, who gave a speech in Cairo in June 2009, visited Israel in March 2013, and gave a speech there, this time as Barack (Uncle Sam) Obama.
The Palestinians (...)
GAZA CITY — Khaled Meshaal's reelection as leader of Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, provides a chance for the Islamist group to improve ties with the international community, analysts say.
The veteran leader was chosen Monday to serve another (...)
Hassan Tahsin
The granting of Egyptian nationality to foreigners is an important issue which could have serious implications for the country's national security especially at this critical juncture in Egypt's history. The issue is now making (...)
PORT SAID, Egypt/CAIRO — Egyptian protesters torched buildings in Cairo and tried unsuccessfully to disrupt international shipping on the Suez Canal, as a court ruling on a deadly soccer riot stoked rage in a country beset by worsening security.
The (...)
