Tag Archives: Egypt

Egyptian Aak 2015 – Week 11 ( Mar 9-15)

Posted on March 15, 2015 by nervana111

  (Egypt’s economic conference, via Ahram online) Main Headlines Monday Two banks attacked by masked assailants in Alexandria Egypt temporarily reopens Rafah border crossing Egypt supports UN political solution in in Libya Court date set for Mubarak’s presidential palaces retrial … Continue reading →

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New Players on the Gaza Front

Posted on March 12, 2015 by nervana111

                                      (Islamic Jihad’s Ramadan Shallah) The growing hostility between Egypt and the Palestinian group Hamas, especially following an Egyptian court’s verdict that … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2015- Week 10 (March 2-8)

Posted on March 8, 2015 by nervana111

(A combo of image grab taken from a video uploaded to YouTube on July 5, 2013 during clashes between opponents and supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. One of them, a Morsi’s supporter, Mohamed Ramadan was executed on Saturday) Main … Continue reading →

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For Hamas, Egypt is now the new “Israel”

Posted on March 2, 2015 by nervana111

(Photo via Reuters) For the Egyptian leadership and Hamas, February was a particularly bad month. The tension between the two sides has reached tipping point. The cascade of escalating events started with a court verdict listing Hamas’s armed wing as … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2015 – Week 9 ( Feb 23 – Mar 1)

Posted on March 2, 2015 by nervana111

(Members of the special forces police stand guard in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo, March 1, 2015- via Reuters) Main Headlines  Monday ‪ Egypt shuts its Embassy in Yemen over bad security Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah sentenced … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2015 – Week 8 ( Feb 16 – 22)

Posted on February 23, 2015 by nervana111

(Relatives of Egyptian Coptic men killed in Libya mourn in al-Our village, south of Egypt. (Photo by Asmaa Waguih/Reuters) Main Headlines  Monday Egypt strikes IS in Libya Egypt launches second wave of airstrikes in coordination with Libyan military In Minya, … Continue reading →

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ISIS digs out old grievances to attack Copts

Posted on February 16, 2015 by nervana111

The Islamic State has released a video of the beheading of Egyptian Christians in Libya. The chilling video surfaced following an article published in the group’s magazine Dabiq showing photos of twenty-one Coptic Egyptians kidnapped by militants in Libya. According … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2015 – Week 7 ( Feb 9- 15)

Posted on February 16, 2015 by nervana111

(IS’s photo of kidnapped Copts in Libya, via Twitter) Main Headlines  Monday Interior Ministry denies responsibility for stadium deaths, Cabinet suspends football league Prosecution says deaths of Zamalek fans is due to stampede El-Sisi calls Gulf leaders following allegedly leaked … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2015 – week 6 ( Feb 2-8)

Posted on February 9, 2015 by nervana111

(Sunday’s football match riots. Photo via AP) Main Headlines  Monday Egypt court sentences 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death Al-Jazeera journalist Fahmy’s release from Egypt jail is imminent Greste speaks of ‘angst’ over colleagues in Egyptian jail British foreign secretary … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2015 – Week 5 ( Jan26 – Feb 1)

Posted on February 1, 2015 by nervana111

(Funerals have been taking place for those killed in the Sinai attacks – Photo via BBC) Main Headlines  Monday Egyptian appeals court convicts and sentences doctor in female genital mutilation case Egyptian police arrested 516 in anniversary’s unrest IS affiliate … Continue reading →

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