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Police officers stand guard inside courtroom defendants sit in a cage, Cairo, Egypt, June 17, 2017.

Egyptian Court Sentences 12 to Death Penalty, 140 for Life in Prison

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 8, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo– An Egyptian court sentenced 12 to death and 140 others to life in prison convicted of storming into a police station some four years ago in Menya and killing a police officer. In 2013, former supporters Egyptian President Morsi broke into Matay police station...

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Egypt Sentences 20 to Death for Kerdasa Incident

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 3, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Egyptian Criminal Court sentenced on Sunday 20 men to death for charges of killing 11 policemen in the violence incidents in Kerdasa city, Giza province west of Cairo, that followed the military’s ousting of former president Mohamed Mursi in 2013. The...

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Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shouts slogans at the Raba El-Adwyia mosque square in Cairo July 4, 2013. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi

CIA: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood a Greater Threat When Weakened

by Mounir al-Manawri | Jan 22, 2017 | Middle East

Washington- A research paper conducted by the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Egypt highlighted the growing force of the Muslim Brotherhood organization, considering it an immediate threat to U.S. interests. Despite the alarm, the report says that...

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Security officials and investigators inspect the scene of a bomb blast in Giza Al Haram Street on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt December 9, 2016. REUTERS

6 Egyptian Police Officers Killed in Explosion West Cairo

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Dec 10, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-Six police officers were killed Friday morning in an explosion believed to the be result of an IED stationed next to two security roadblocks in al-Haram street west Cairo, a main road leading to Egypt’s famed Giza pyramids, according to paramedical and security...

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Egypt’s Largest Organ Trafficking Network Busted

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Dec 7, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo- Egyptian authorities announced on Tuesday the successful arrest of what is considered the largest Egyptian international organ trafficking ring. The network including both Egyptians and Arabs has pivoted its work on exploiting difficult economic conditions...