Top Headlines

• France delivers first batch of Rafale fighter jets to Egypt. (Monday)
• Egypt’s most wanted militant urges jihad against Sisi. (Wednesday)
• Ships cross Egypt’s New Suez Canal in first test-run. (Saturday)
• Egypt extends state of emergency in North Sinai by three months. (Sunday)

(First cargo ships passed through the new Suez Canal, via Ahram)

Main Headlines

Monday

• France delivers first batch of Rafale fighter jets to Egypt
• Egypt to complete new Suez Canal project will be completely before Saturday
• Sabbahi slams anti-terror bill
• Netanyahu seeks to loosen gas exports quota to ensure Egypt deal
• Egypt’s Suez Canal revenues fall for the four consecutive month in June
• An Egyptian army conscript ‘killed’ in recent Sinai attack has been discovered alive
• Thousands of Ultras Ahlawy call for crowd return to Egyptian football matches

 Tuesday

• Egypt rejects “Iran’s interference in Arab countries’ domestic affairs”
• Hearing is postponed for freelance photographer jailed in Egypt
• HRW calls on Egyptian authorities to end forced disappearances
• Morsi’s son was released after serving a one-year sentence for possessing hashish
• Egypt’s trade deficit rises 52.7% to LE24.6 billion in April 2015
• 1,144 megawatts added to grid to face the rising temperature in August
• Arab tourists up 15% during the first half of 2015
• Egyptian prosecutors on Tuesday ordered detention of three men for sexually assaulting women during Eid holiday
• Sudan resumes trial of 101 Egyptian fishermen

Wednesday

• Egypt’s most wanted militant urges jihad against Sisi
• Egyptian militant who released audio message seeks fund: Expert ‪
• Egypt court sentences Mubarak-era prime minister to five years in jail
• Egypt to receive German Submarines, and a new French multipurpose frigate soon
• Right to Information Law to criminalize spreading rumors on social networks
• NGO accuses Solidarity Ministry of “arbitrary approach”
• 2 preachers were suspended in Qaliubiya
• State television and radio to be restructured
• Italian embassy in Cairo resumes limited consular services

Thursday

• Soldiers, militants were killed in clashes in Egypt’s Sinai
• ‪IS claims responsibility for North Sinai bombing
• Egypt and Saudi Arabia are committed to the stability of Yemen
• Interior Ministry announces annual reshuffle

 Friday

• Egyptian army says it killed 12 “terrorists” in North Sinai
• Two security personnel injured in a North Sinai bombing
• Italian defense minister pledges support for Egypt’s fight against terrorism
• Creation citizen kidnapped in Egypt by armed men
• Egyptian official blames Nile boat skipper for collision that left 32 dead
• Sudan flip-flops on release of Egyptian fishermen: Foreign ministry

 Saturday

• Ships cross Egypt’s New Suez Canal in first test-run
• New Suez Canal to bring fresh development projects to Egypt: El-Sisi
• Egypt raises death toll from Nile boat collision to 35
• France in talks with Egypt for new corvette sale
• Egyptian soldier dies in military raids against militants
• Egyptian court rules in favor of firing striking court employees
• Egyptian preacher Gebreel files complaint against travel ban ‪
• Alexandria court acquits 100 Brotherhood members formally accused of committing violence Arabic
• Egypt allocates LE1 billion in state funds to develop slums

 Sunday

• 18 soldiers are injured in a bomb blast in North Sinai
• North Sinai missile falls on woman’s house, kill her
• Egypt extends state of emergency in North Sinai by three months
• Suez Canal Authority will hold a lottery to decide who will attend the opening ceremony of the New Suez Canal
• Six are sentenced to death in absentia over storming Ghad al-Thawra Party HQ in 2013
• Military court sentences 2 Brotherhood members to prison
• Temporary restriction imposed on barges after the Nile boat’s tragedy
• Number of tourists in Egypt rose by 16.5% in May
• WHO to host World Hepatitis Day in Egypt

 Good Report

 On the fugitive officer Hisham el-Ashmawi:

• Former Egyptian special forces officer leads a jihadi group in Sinai. Thomas Joscelyn and Caleb Weiss
• Top Egyptian militant urges holy war against the Egyptian president. Sarah El-Deeb

Others:

• Egypt’s draft dodgers. Emir Nader
• Egypt: The lure for girls of living alone. Ali Gamal
• The female cop being called a hero… and a thug. ‪ BBC trending
• Egypt: Dozens have detained secretly. HRW
• Propaganda of shattered dreams: Remembering the films of July23. Rowan El-Shemi

Good Read

• Egypt’s durable misery: Why Sisi’s regime is stable. Eric Trager
• A legacy of violence. Al-Ahram Weekly
• Islamist Media in a post-Morsi world. Basil El-Dabh
• Egypt’s old strategy for new terrorism. Nancy Okail and Allison McManus

Plus

• Working Group on Egypt’s letter to Secretary Kerry

 From Twitter

https://twitter.com/basildabh/status/623603260927176707

Interview

• Former insurgent Islamist leader’s take on IS in Sinai. George Mikhail

 Photo Gallery

• First cargo ships pass through New Suez Canal
• Rafale fighters fly over Egypt