FX reserves fell by almost $2bn in Egypt in December, dipping below $40bn for first time since March, but $5.7bn up y/y. CBE said the fall resulted from end-of-year T-bill redemptions. Next $2bn IMF tranche should push reserves back over $40bn.
Pompeo is due to give a major speech in Cairo, saying Iran could learn about human rights and the rule of law from the Saudis who murdered journalist #JamalKhashoggi and brutally tortured women's rights activists
Security forces from the Hamas-run authorities took control of there Rafah border crossing with Egypt after the Palestinian Authority withdrew its staff members.
9 month agoIt's propaganda
Egypt- ISIS claim IED attack targeting an MRAP near Rafah, an M-113 APC near Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai
9 month agoPope Tawadros II of Alexandria address muslims at the opening of a new mosque in the new capital of Egypt. A local TV says the last time a pope spoke at Egyptian mosque was in 1919.
PA apparently is transferring control at Rafah crossing back to Hamas. So the Fatah staff is leaving the crossing.
9 month agoPalestine TV reports the Palestinian Authority is evacuating its staff from Gaza, Egypt.
[email protected]: Excited to see our friends in Egypt opening the biggest Cathedral in the Middle East. President El-Sisi is moving his country to a more inclusive future.
9 month agoMajor Mustafa Abeed the officer who was killed yesterday during dismantling IED near Church in Nasr city, Cairo.
Police officer was killed few minutes ago and Two others were injured including the director of Explosives department in the ministry of Interior during dismantling IED in front of Abu Sifan Church in Nasr City, Cairo.
Egyptian security sources: explosive device found in the vicinity of a church in the area of Nasr City east of Cairo and explosives expert was killed while dealing with device
Egypt President Sisi confirms that Israel army helps in the fight against ISIS in Sinai, says the cooperation is at its best level it has ever been
9 month agoIt's propaganda
ISIS claims that Israel Air Force carried out more than 20 air raids in the area of al-Arish, Rafah and Sheikh Zaid in northern Sinai yesterday
The family of an American citizen on a hunger strike in an Egyptian prison is urging Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo to use his upcoming Cairo trip to press for the man's release.
Egypt: a military court has upheld the 10 year sentence of scholar and journalist Ismail Alexandrani
Six Red Sea countries launch joint military drill
Egyptian security officials visited Manbij after the US announced withdrawal
Egypt- ISIS claim IED attack targeting military vehicle near Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, which led to multiple casualties
9 month agoEgypt Ministry of Interior release being sent to local Media and press. Claim to have conducted several security raids in Giza and North Sinai, where 40 militants were killed there as they were planning attacks during Christmas celebrations.
Egypt police killed 40 overnight, saying they were "militants planning attacks during X-mas celebrations," on police and Christian worship places. This comes after last night's attack on Vietnamese tourists. Most killings happened in areas near Giza Pyramids
9 month agoEgyptian Attorney General statement about this attack, deaths raised to 4, three tourists and one Egyptian
The death toll in the bomb attack on a tourist bus south of Cairo raised to 4
The Egyptian Prime Minister is following with the concerned ministers the terrorist incident in the pyramids area, Gizah.
9 month agoTwo Vietnamese tourists killed and 12 others wounded after a side bomb exploded near their bus in AlMaryotia area Giza Egypt, MOI statement
Two Vietnamese tourists killed by roadside bomb in Egypt, says interior ministry
Two killed, 10 injured in bus blast in Giza, Egypt - interior ministry
9 month agoEgypt Giza: An IED struck a tourist bus near the Giza Pyramids (Cairo) killing at least two people.
Egypt- ISIS claim IED attack targeting military vehicle in Rafah, North Sinai
Egypt's foreign minister Ahmad Shukri and intelligence chief Abbas Kamil in Khartoum, Sudan, to meet counterparts in previously scheduled second quadrilateral meeting, as nationwide anti-government protests hit Sudan
9 month agoRuAF An-124 82011 from Luhovitsi(MiG) to Cairo
