Egypt’s recent political history also plays a factor. During the 2011 Arab Spring, when protesters camped out in downtown ...

The latest censorship confirms the report's conclusion that no serious steps are being taken by the authorities to address the ongoing human rights crisis. This statement was originally published on ...

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received President of Eritrea, Isaias Afwerki. The meeting was attended by Minister of ...

The persistent targeting of Mada Masr and its staff is indicative of the Egyptian authorities' systematic prosecution and detainment of journalists. This statement was originally published on ...

UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Ms. Gillian Triggs, concluded her first official visit to Egypt on 2 December. In Cairo, Ms. Triggs met with government officials and other ...

The Kuwaiti prime minister also conveyed the greetings of His Highness Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to President ...

Egypt is angry that the Palestinian Authority is being sidelined by US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, one Arab official and one source briefed on the matter told Middle East Eye. Cairo said ...

Egypt’s plan to form a Nato-style Arab defence force was blocked at this week’s Doha summit by Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), revealing deep divisions over regional security and the Israeli ...

The most transformative Middle East developments often arrive unheralded. The Cairo-Riyadh estrangement is one such shift. Whispers of a fundamental dispute have burst into public view, fracturing one ...

On September 8, 2022, Egyptian prosecutors summoned and interrogated four journalists working with the independent news website Mada Masr before releasing them on bail. Prosecutors apparently charged ...

Under the fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire, reached on Oct. 10, Hamas is expected to return all of the remains Israeli ...

One of the largest tombs in Egypt's Valley of the Kings reopened to visitors after more than 20 years of renovation. The huge tomb of Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt between 1390 B.C. and 1350 ...