Top Headlines

• Egypt to appoint international firm to review airport security. Monday
• UK report recommends no ban of Muslim Brotherhood, but warns of possible extremist links. Thursday
• Major general Moahmed Sharway will be replacing Major general Salah Hegazy as new head for National Security. Saturday
• Egyptian court releases amateur photographer Israa al-Taweel for her health conditions. Saturday

 Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt says no proof that a terrorist attack has downed the Russian passenger plane in Sinai
• Egypt to hire foreign company to improve security at the airports
• Egypt’s Prime Minister: Renaissance Dam negotiations is currently difficult
• Immigration Minister to visit Egyptian migrant camps in Italy
• Egypt judge faces controversy over sensational interview

Tuesday

• Saudi King orders investments in Egypt exceed $8 billion
• Egypt’s Sisi discusses newly formed Islamic military coalition with Saudi defence minister
• Egyptian soldier dies in a suicide bombing in Al-Arish
• Brotherhood inter-generational conflicts persist
• African Development Bank to grant Egypt a soft loan worth $500 million
• Tora complex prisoners to be examined by doctors, after reports of abuse
• More Egyptians released as part of Cairo – Tel Aviv prisoners’ exchange deal
• Activists call for winter clothes, medical care for Aqrab prion inmates
• Uproar after Ahmed Moussa airs personal photos a newly elected MP and film director Khaled Youssef

Wednesday

• Seeking tighter security, Egypt’s airports shift to electronic passenger database
• Egypt-Saudi Arabia trade exchange hits $3.7 billion in 8 months
• Egypt, UAE sign Memorandum of Understanding on tourism
• Egypt Suez Canal revenue drops to $408.4 million in November
• Journalists collect signatures to ban presenter Ahmed Moussa

 Thursday

• UK report recommends no ban of Muslim Brotherhood, but warns of possible extremist links
• Egypt welcomes the British government’s Muslim Brotherhood review
• Egypt says consultancy firms behind failure to reach agreement on the Ethiopian dam
• Egypt plans to purchase two French manufactured military satellite
• Egyptian court issues ten life sentences for thwarted Luxor temple terrorist attack

 Friday

• Former intelligence officer named head of pro- Sisi parliamentary bloc
• Egypt, Jordan start joint military exercise
• Egypt Air Cargo company has successfully passes EU ACC3 security tests
• World Bank approves $3 billion loan for Egypt
• Egypt slams European resolution demanding release of Egyptian -Irish inmate
• Three minor explosions hit North Sinai
• Egyptian foreign minister to attend the Syrian international meeting in New York
• Egypt still rejects Nile Basin’s Cooperative Framework Agreement

 Saturday

• Egypt names a new head for the National Security Agency
• Egypt court releases amateur photographer Israa al-Taweel for her health conditions for medical reasons
• Egypt’s defence minister meets with his Canadian counterpart
• ‪Electoral Commission ‪announces the completion of Egyptj’s parliamentary elections
• Eight parties join ‘Coalition to Support Egypt’ founded by by ex-military intelligence general
• Egyptian Foreign Minister: No ‪Egyptian official will cede water security

 Sunday

• Egypt’s Future of Homeland Party withdraws from pro-Sisi parliamentary bloc
• Bomb explodes near North Sinai’s Swiss Inn, no casualties are reported
• Egyptian court sentences 17 Morsi supporters to 3 years in prison for storming a police station
• Free Egyptians Party warns of pro-Sisi parliamentary bloc practices
• Osama al-Ghazaly Harb resigns from Free Egyptians Party
• Brotherhood rifts widens as youth members appoint new general secretary
• Egypt’s journalists’ syndicate votes for disciplinary action against TV host Moussa

 Good Reports

• The full document of the UK’s Muslim Brotherhood review
• If Isis didn’t blow up the Russian jet – what could have happened t it? Simon Calder and Ruth Michaelson
• Hamas and the Islamic State: Growing cooperation in the Sinai. Ehud Yaari
• Internal conflict in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood rages online. Zeinab El-Gundy
• ‪Curing Hepatitis C in an experiment the size of Egypt. Donald G. McNeil.Jr.
• How solar energy is sparking new business in Egypt. Eman El-Sherbiny

Good Read

• Britain and the Muslim Brotherhood. The Economist
• It’s time we banned the Muslim Brotherhood. Melanie Phillips
• The saga of the UK’s Muslim Brotherhood review. H. A. Hellyer
• Security challenges in Egypt two years after Morsi. David Schenker
• Will Egypt’s new parliament speaker be ‘appointed’ by the president? Gamal Essam El-Din
• Egypt: Two Years After Morsi. Steven Cook’s testimony in the U.S. ‘s House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa

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Video

• Esraa al-Taweel exits police station following her release