Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that he does not mind contacting the Muslim Brotherhood should it form the government in Egypt.
“We met with them before,” he said in an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm.
Abbas said he is not worried (...)
For the first time in years, nine-year-old Sherif and his friend Mahmoud, residents of the village of Damtu, are able to play freely outside their house, which is located across from the tomb of Abu Hasira, a 19th-century Jewish rabbi, after years (...)
Egyptian authorities requested Hamas to open an urgent investigation into three brothers of the Palestinian Shaer family, who kidnapped an Egyptian man by the name of Gamil al-Sayeh from the city of Rafah and took him to the Gaza Strip through (...)
The Al-Tiaha tribe has besieged the Al-Nakhalwa tribe in Sinai since Sunday, accusing it of smuggling Africans and stealing their organs. They killed a Nakhlwa tribesman, whom they believe is involved in human organ trafficking, and arrested his (...)
Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held captive by Hamas, was handed over to Egyptian authorities on Tuesday, in a swap deal mediated by the Egyptian intelligence service. He was taken in a black sedan through the Rafah Crossing.
An informed source (...)
The Central Israeli Court issued a ruling on Wednesday for the release of three children who have been imprisoned in Israel for three months on allegations of having infiltrated the country. The Israeli prosecution decided not to appeal the case, (...)
Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint on Sunday, in the Tawil district, 15 km north of the city of Arish in Sinai. They exchanged fire with police for an hour and a half, resultilng the wounding of two people.
Eyewitnesses said the attackers (...)
Israel has confirmed in a report that the extra troops it is deploying along the Egypt-Israel border are targeting Palestinian Jihad suspects that plan further attacks on Israel, according to high ranking Egyptian officials.
Israel had announced on (...)
Bin Laden's doctor, Ramzy Moafy, who escaped from prison during the revolution, held military exercises south of Arish in Sinai, informed sources have said.
They said Moafy led the exercises for 40 armed men under the protection of 13 (...)
Egyptian authorities have identified three of the people responsible for carrying out a terrorist attack in Israel, just north of Eilat, on Thursday, in which seven Israelis were killed, according to an Egyptian security source.
The same source (...)
Egyptian security services are trying to identify a suicide bomber who they say killed three Egyptian soldiers at border checkpoint no. 79 on Friday.
According to security sources, a group of Egyptian soldiers approached a young man they saw lying (...)
Israeli troops crossed into Egypt by land on Thursday, which prompted Egyptian security personnel to clash with them, said a report issued Saturday by the UN peacekeeping force in Sinai.
Media reports had said an Israeli helicopter crossed the (...)
Special forces troops from the military and police were dispatched to North Sinai on Thursday in an attempt to combat insurgents who have taken control of some parts of the governorate, according to a security source.
The move to regain control of (...)
The Salafi Group in North Sinai, an umbrella organization bringing together Salafis across the governorate, has announced the formation of committees to resolve disputes among the tribes of Rafah, Sheikh Zewayed and Arish through customary tribunals (...)
Egyptian security services in North Sinai say they have identified those responsible for attacking a police station in Arish last Friday, and allege the involvement of the Army of Islam, a Palestinian group, in instigating the attack.
The (...)
Prominent Muslim Brotherhood figure Mostafa Kamal al-Halabawy returned to Egypt on Tuesday, having lived for 23 years in voluntary exile in London.
Sources said al-Halabawy decided to return when he knew his name had been dropped from the Egyptian (...)
Less than 24 hours after his release, tens of thousands listened attentively to Google executive Wael Ghonim's speech in Tahrir Square, while more than 170,000 joined the Facebook page nominating him as “The speaker for the Egyptian (...)
During President Hosni Mubarak's visit to Italy on Wednesday, displaced expatriate Nubians presented him with a list of demands, including one for the resettlement of Egypt's Nubian community along the shores of Lake Nasser.
The demand comes more (...)
Scores of nurses from al-Shatby hospital in Alexandria staged a protest against "Zahra wa Azwajha el-Khamsa" (Zahra and Her Five Husbands), a Ramadan TV series which, they say, presents a reprehensible image of nurses. The series stars Ghada Abdel (...)
On Wednesday, Shahbanu Farah Diba Pahlavi paid tribute to her late husband, Mohamed Reza Pahlavi, the former Shah of Iran, who died 30 years ago. More than 250 Iranians came to Cairo, where Pahlavi is buried, to attend the service.
"I thank the (...)
Israeli Hebrew-language daily Yedioth Ahronoth has reported that Karmen Weinstein, leader of Egypt's modest Jewish community, fled the country after being convicted of fraud in her dealings with Egyptian businessman Nabil Bashai.
According to the (...)
Al-Masry Al-Youm paid a visit to Akram el-Naqeeb, son of Queen Nariman, Egypt's last reigning queen. In his office in Alexandria's famous Mahattet el-Raml square, el-Naqeeb spoke about his mother, brother and the royal legacy.
Al-Masry Al-Youm: Was (...)
Considered one of the most powerful men in Gaza, Mahmoud el-Zahar (“Abu Khaled”), co-founder of Hamas, recently gave an exclusive interview to Al-Masry Al-Youm that sent shockwaves through Egyptian and Palestinian political circles. El-Zahar, a (...)
Gaza--"You came too late Moussa: We are as good as dead," shouted Kamal Abu Nada, director of one of the biggest civil foundations in Palestine and prominent activist, waving a flyer bearing the photo of three dead children. Abu Nada reflected the (...)
Twelve princesses who are descendants of Egypt's ex-royal family commemorated on Friday the anniversary of the birth of King Farouk. Around 30 people participated in the private family celebration, which took place at Farouk's tomb in el-Rifaai (...)