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A handout picture released by the Middle East News Agency (MENA) shows Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (C), surrounded by top military generals, as he addresses journalists following an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in Cairo on January 31, 2015. (AFP Photo/MENA/HO)

Egypt creates new military command to combat Sinai militants

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Feb 1, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has ordered the creation of a unified military command to fight militant groups in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, just days after a deadly attack in the region killed dozens of security personnel. In...

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Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi addresses journalists following an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in Cairo on October 25, 2014. (AFP)

Opinion: A New Wave of Terrorism

by Ali Ibrahim | Oct 29, 2014 | Opinion

It is natural that Egyptians feel shock and anger about last Friday’s terrorist attack in Sinai, which killed 30 soldiers. It is also natural for there to be widespread calls across the country for a decisive response to this crime, and for the liquidation of...

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Egypt’s former interim President Adly Mansour speaks at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, January 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television)

Egypt cabinet approves new terror law

by Mahmud El Shafey | Apr 4, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Egyptian government approved a new anti-terrorism law late Thursday, in the wake of a terrorist attack outside Cairo University on Wednesday. A government statement confirmed that the counter-terrorism law had been amended as it went...

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Riot police officers take positions in front of Cairo University, as students who are supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and deposed President Mohamed Mursi, plan a protest against former Defence Minister Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after Sisi announced that he will run for presidential elections, March 30, 2014. (Reuters.Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Egypt calls for international cooperation in fight against terrorism

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Apr 3, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt called on the international community to cooperate in its fight against terrorism, one day after a series of explosions outside Cairo University killed two people, including a police brigadier-general. Three bombs exploded outside Cairo...

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The wreckage of a tour bus that was targeted by a suicide bombing on February 16 is seen in the Egyptian south Sinai resort town of Taba on February 18, 2014. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

Britain to investigate Muslim Brotherhood activities in London

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 1, 2014 | World

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—British Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered an official investigation into the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK, with the government saying it has received evidence linking the group’s members in London with attacks carried...