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Tag Archives: ISIS
This Week in Egypt: Week 47-2020 ( Nov 16-22)
Top Headlines Egyptian and Russian navies carrying out Friendship Bridge 3 drills in Black Sea Egypt’s Army Chief of Staff attends main phase of Egyptian-Sudanese military drill Egypt’s Sisi discusses Libya developments with Italian PM in a phone call Egypt … Continue reading
This Week in Egypt: Week 18-2020 ( April 27- May 3)
Top Headlines Ten Egyptian army members were killed or wounded in a bomb attack Islamic State claims responsibility for Egypt’s Sinai attack Egypt says security forces kill 18 militants in Sinai Egypt announces 272 new coronavirus cases, total reaches 6,465 … Continue reading
This Week In Egypt: Week 45-2019 ( Nov 4-10)
Top Headlines US president Trump says Nile dam talks in Washington ‘went well’ Egypt’s inflation rate slowed to its lowest level in over 9 years Dutch ISIS Militant was involved in plot to bomb Russian aircraft in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt
Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, ISIS, Morsi, Russia, Sinai, Trump
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This Week in Egypt- Week 44-2019 ( Oct 28-Nov 3)
Apology for missing last week’s compilation, but I included some of the relevant tweets from last week in this edition Top Headlines Egypt’s Sinai Province swears allegiance to new Islamic State leader Egypt’s FM heads to Washington for Ethiopian dam negotiations Sisi: Companies … Continue reading
Turkey’s Syria offensive Day 8 -Oct 16-2019
Headlines Turkey’s President Erdogan has rejected U.S. demands to cease fire in Syria Turkey Advances on Kobani in latest broken promise Turkey-Kurd conflict ‘has nothing to do with us,’ Trump says Turkey may be ‘responsible’ for executions of Kurds in … Continue reading
Turkey’s Syria Offensive: Day 7 (Oct 15-2019)
Headlines Russia vows to prevent clashes with Assad forces French PM says resurgence of Islamic State is inevitable due to Turkish offensive Turkey rejects Syria ceasefire because ‘you cannot negotiate with terrorists’ Russia says: ‘unacceptable’ Turkish incursion into Syria must … Continue reading
This Week In Egypt: Week 39-2019 (Sept 23-28)
Top Headlines Scattered anti-Sisi protests hit Egypt, as supporters stage their own rallies Egypt’s president told supporters not to worry about calls for further protests against his rule on Friday Prominent Egyptian activist arrested as crackdown continues ISIS claims attack … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt, Uncategorized
Tagged Alaa Abdel Fattah, Egypt, ISIS, Mohamed Ali, protests, Sinai, Sisi, Tahrir
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This Week in Egypt; Week 33-2019 ( Aug 12-18)
Top Headlines Egypt hosts Sudanese faction peace talks Egypt took part in the signing of historic power-sharing deal between Sudanese army and civilian forces FBI wants to interrogate an Egyptian man in Brazil, citing Al-Qaeda links Egypt made history by … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt
Tagged Egypt, Egypt's unemployment, FBI, Handball, ISIS, Sinai, Sudan
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This Week in Egypt: Week 26-2019 ( June 24-30)
Top Headlines Egypt’s Sisi meets world leaders at G20 summit in Japan Four suspected ISIS operatives, including two Egyptians, were arrested in Nicaragua, as they crossed from Costa Rica Terrorists killed seven members of Egyptian security forces in Sinai Amr Warda dismissed … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt, Uncategorized
Tagged AFCON19, Amr Warda, Egypt, G20, ISIS, MBS, Mo Salah, Sinai, Sisi
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This Week in Egypt: Week 23-2019 ( June 3-9)
Top Headlines Eight Egyptian police officershave been killed in a militant attack on a checkpoint in the northern Sinai peninsula Islamic State group claims responsibility for El-Arish terrorist attack Egyptian troops killed several militants after IS attack in Sinai Egypt … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt
Tagged Egypt, Egypt's economy, IMF, ISIS, Sinai, Sudan
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