Sarah El Deeb
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 07:45
Turkey said Tuesday that Washington has promised that U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces will only be involved in encircling the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa and will not enter the city itself.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 06:59
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has endorsed an amended law defining voting districts in this country of more than 50 million voters, his spokesman said Thursday, removing the last hurdle for setting the date for the long-delayed parliamentary elections.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 12:35
The United States and other countries on Wednesday slammed the human rights situation in Egypt at a United Nations meeting reviewing the country's record for the first time since the 2011 ouster of longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 06:35
The policy of mass trials sparked uproar among rights groups after a judge this week issued death sentences against more than 520 defendants on charges of killing a policeman during an attack on a police station last summer.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:26
Two military officials familiar with the moves said it is part of a regular reshuffle to include introduce new blood in combat zones.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 11:33
A military official speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations said the cruiser will be in Alexandria for six days.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:56
In every corner of the Egyptian capital, a bustling city of 18 million that rarely sleeps, people are locked up in their homes at night under a military-imposed curfew that has driven people up the walls, sometimes literally.