November 25, 2014
7:17 pm

Egyptian rescue workers and residents remove a body from the rubble of a collapsed building on November 25, 2014 in Cairo's northern district of Matariya (photo credit: AFP/ Mohamed el-Shahed)

Cairo building collapse kills 17

Emergency services believe structure gave way due to illegal additions

By AP

November 23, 2014
4:01 pm

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during his inauguration ceremonies at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on June 8, 2014. (photo credit: AP/MENA)

Egypt willing to send forces to secure Palestinian state

President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi says he would deploy soldiers to stabilize area, in coordination with Israel, but ‘not forever’

By AFP

November 22, 2014
1:22 pm

Coptic inscriptions from Egypt dating back to the 5th-6th centuries AD (Photo credit: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons)

Egyptian incantation handbook decoded

Text deciphered by Australian researchers provides instructions for concocting luck charms, love incantations, voodoo magic and more

By Times of Israel staff

November 22, 2014
9:30 am

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, speaks in front of the state-run TV ahead of a military funeral for troops killed in an assault in the Sinai Peninsula, as he stands with army commanders in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014 (photo credit: AP/MENA)

Egypt’s Sissi to make first European trip

President will visit France and Italy next week to discuss economic ties and fight against Libyan militants

By Samer al-Atrush

November 21, 2014
11:46 am

Sissi: I’ve urged Netanyahu to resume peace talks

Egyptian leader says unrest will continue as long as Palestinians are ‘frustrated, hopeless'; won’t let let Sinai be base for anti-Israel terror

By Itamar Sharon

November 21, 2014
5:24 am

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 file photo, Reda el-Danbouki, Egyptian lawyer for 13-year-old Sohair el-Batea who died undergoing the procedure of female genital mutilation committed by Dr. Raslan Fadl, points at her grave in Dierb Biqtaris village, on the outskirts of Aga town in Dakahliya,120 kilometers (75 miles) northeast of Cairo, Egypt. (photo credit: AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt acquits doctor in female genital mutilation death

Verdict surprises activists, who hoped ruling would serve as deterrent in country where 90% of women undergo procedure

By MAGGIE MICHAEL

November 21, 2014
1:55 am

Egypt's former president Mohammed Morsi sits in the defendant's cage during a court hearing in Cairo, Egypt, November 3, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Mohammed al-Law, File)

Egypt prosecutor asks for death sentence for Morsi

State accuses ousted president of leaking classified documents and cooperating with enemy militant groups

By AP

November 18, 2014
5:21 am

An Egyptian helicopter hovers over houses destroyed by the Egyptian army on the Egyptian side on the border town of Rafah, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. (Photo credit: AP/Eyad Baba)

Egypt to deepen buffer zone with Gaza after finding longer tunnels

From the web Reuters: State news agency announces army will double its security area along border with Palestinian enclave to one kilometer

November 18, 2014
1:14 am

An Egyptian army vehicle patrols along the border with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in the divided border town of Rafah on November 4, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Mohamed El-Sherbeny)

Suspicion haunts Egypt border residents evicted by army

As the military clears buffer zone along frontier with the Gaza Strip, Egyptians from northern Sinai feel repercussions

By Mona Salem

November 16, 2014
12:32 am

The minarets of a mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (photo credit: AP/Kamran Jebreili/File)

UAE brands Muslim Brotherhood terrorists

Move follows a similar decision by Saudi Arabia earlier this year, as Gulf states step up pressure on Islamist group

By Adam Schreck

November 15, 2014
8:52 pm

Members of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis read out sentences before they behead four men accused of spying for Israel, August 2014 (screen capture: YouTube)

IS-allied Sinai terrorists vow to ‘liberate Jerusalem’

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis says it carried out last month’s bombing that killed 30 Egyptian troops, brands el-Sissi ‘a servant of the Jews’

By Times of Israel staff

November 15, 2014
5:51 am

Egyptian militants loyal to IS claim attack that killed 30 soldiers

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis says in video that it carried out last month’s suicide car-bombing in response to crackdown on Islamists

By AFP

November 13, 2014
7:11 pm

A screen capture from a propaganda video released on July 5, 2014, allegedly shows the leader of the Islamic State jihadist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, addressing Muslim worshipers at a mosque in the IS-held northern Iraqi city of Mosul. (photo credit: AFP/HO/al-Furqan Media

Islamic State head releases new recording

In audio file, a man who purports to be jihadi leader says his group’s battle will continue ‘even if only one soldier remains’

By AP and AFP

November 13, 2014
1:59 am

Illustrative photo of two Egyptian navy amphibious vehicles. (Photo credit: Kristopher Wilson, US Navy/Wikimedia)

Terror attack on Egypt naval vessel leaves 8 servicemen missing

Military says 4 boats used by the assailants destroyed, 32 suspected militants arrested

By AFP

November 12, 2014
9:53 am

Egyptian army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through villages in Sheikh Zuweid, northern Sinai, Egypt, May 2013. (photo credit: AP)

Controlled car bomb detonation in Sinai injures 10

Police say it was too dangerous to try disarming vehicle rigged with half-ton of explosives

By AFP

Topic: Egypt

Cairo building collapse kills 17

Emergency services believe structure gave way due to illegal additions

Egypt willing to send forces to secure Palestinian state

President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi says he would deploy soldiers to stabilize area, in coordination with Israel, but ‘not forever’

Egyptian incantation handbook decoded

Text deciphered by Australian researchers provides instructions for concocting luck charms, love incantations, voodoo magic and more

Egypt’s Sissi to make first European trip

President will visit France and Italy next week to discuss economic ties and fight against Libyan militants

Sissi: I’ve urged Netanyahu to resume peace talks

Egyptian leader says unrest will continue as long as Palestinians are ‘frustrated, hopeless'; won’t let let Sinai be base for anti-Israel terror

Egypt acquits doctor in female genital mutilation death

Verdict surprises activists, who hoped ruling would serve as deterrent in country where 90% of women undergo procedure

Egypt prosecutor asks for death sentence for Morsi

State accuses ousted president of leaking classified documents and cooperating with enemy militant groups

Egypt to deepen buffer zone with Gaza after finding longer tunnels

From the web Reuters: State news agency announces army will double its security area along border with Palestinian enclave to one kilometer

Suspicion haunts Egypt border residents evicted by army

As the military clears buffer zone along frontier with the Gaza Strip, Egyptians from northern Sinai feel repercussions

UAE brands Muslim Brotherhood terrorists

Move follows a similar decision by Saudi Arabia earlier this year, as Gulf states step up pressure on Islamist group

IS-allied Sinai terrorists vow to ‘liberate Jerusalem’

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis says it carried out last month’s bombing that killed 30 Egyptian troops, brands el-Sissi ‘a servant of the Jews’

Egyptian militants loyal to IS claim attack that killed 30 soldiers

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis says in video that it carried out last month’s suicide car-bombing in response to crackdown on Islamists

Islamic State head releases new recording

In audio file, a man who purports to be jihadi leader says his group’s battle will continue ‘even if only one soldier remains’

Terror attack on Egypt naval vessel leaves 8 servicemen missing

Military says 4 boats used by the assailants destroyed, 32 suspected militants arrested

Controlled car bomb detonation in Sinai injures 10

Police say it was too dangerous to try disarming vehicle rigged with half-ton of explosives

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