by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 10, 2016 | Middle East
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior yesterday said that security forces have managed to arrest 13 members of a new terrorist cell that is affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood in the city of Alexandria. The members of the cell, which is called “Lijan Al-Irbaak”,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 20, 2016 | Middle East
The Egyptian military said on Friday it had found parts of debris from the EgyptAir plane, which crashed a day earlier, 290 kilometers north of the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria. The navy has also found some of the passengers’ belongings and is...
by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Mar 30, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
The crisis of the hijacked Egyptian plane that was forced to divert to Larnaca Airport in Cyprus yesterday ended with the hijacker surrendering and the release of all those on board. The hijacker, who claimed to be in possession of an explosive belt took control of...
by Ahmed Khadry | Mar 9, 2014 | Majalla Blogs
On Monday, March 3, the family and friends of Khaled Said won a small victory when ten-year jail sentences were handed down to the two policemen who killed the young man, whose death inspired Egypt’s January 25 revolution. Khaled Said, a 28-year-old blogger, was...
by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Mar 4, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced two police officers to 10 years in prison for the murder of Khaled Said, an Egyptian from Alexandria whose brutal death helped spark to the eruption of the revolution in Egypt in 2011. The two police...
