Tag: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Egypt’s Sisi warns of potential for conflict over Ethiopian dam
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday warned of the risk of conflict over Ethiopia’s giant dam on the Blue Nile after talks involving...
Splintered coalition reflects fate of Egypt’s uprising a decade on
Ten years ago protesters surged onto Egypt’s streets, emboldened by the success of Tunisia’s Arab Spring uprising.
Some young activists formed the Revolution Youth Coalition...
Egypt sentences dozens to jail over 2013 sit-in
A court in Egypt sentenced 59 people to 15 years in prison on Thursday for their role in organising and participating in a 2013...
Egypt’s Sisi wins parliamentary approval for possible Libya intervention
Egypt’s parliament gave President Egypt the green light for possible military intervention in Libya by approving the deployment of armed forces abroad to fight...
Sisi says Egypt will not stand idle to threat to Egyptian...
Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any moves that pose a direct threat to Egyptian and Libyan national security, President Abdel-Fattah...
Egypt arrests leave few vocal critics of Sisi
A smiling Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appeared on state television last month to pardon more than 330 prisoners, saying it was...
Egypt’s Sisi launches presidential bid after biggest rival arrested
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi officially launched his bid for a second term in office on Wednesday, submitting documents to register as...
Egypt’s Sisi vows to keep up Qatar blockade
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Monday his government would keep up a blockade of Qatar by four Arab states over...
Egypt’s Sisi pardons 502 prisoners including well-known tycoon
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned 502 prisoners before the Eid al-Fitr holiday including prominent businessman Hesham Talaat Moustafa, according to...
Egypt’s Sisi ratifies deal ceding Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday ratified an agreement that cedes sovereignty over two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia,...
Rights groups urge Egypt’s Sisi to spare six men on death...
Human rights groups urged Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to intervene by a Thursday deadline to commute the death sentences of six...
Egypt says Trump to visit Cairo at earliest opportunity
Egypt said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump had told President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during a phone call that he wanted...
Egypt’s Sisi promises justice after migrant ship capsizes
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday ordered authorities to punish those responsible for capsizing a ship which resulted in the deaths...
Egypt puts on trial 237 activists for protests against Sisi
Egypt put on trial 237 activists arrested for protesting against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, judicial sources said on Saturday, the first court...
Egypt’s security forces disperse small protests against Sisi
Egyptian security forces fired tear gas and arrested scores of people to disperse small protests against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday,...
Protesters demand fall of Egypt government over islands deal
Hundreds of Egyptian protesters angered by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's decision to hand over two islands to Saudi Arabia called on Friday...
Egypt’s Sisi says Libya intervention risky, supports eastern commander
Military intervention in Libya is risky and foreign powers would be better off supporting a military commander based in the east, President...
Putin, Sisi agree about need to fight terrorists in Libya, Yemen
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi highlighted in a phone conversation on Monday that the fight against terrorists...
Egypt’s Sisi, for first time, says Russian plane was brought down...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that the Russian plane that crashed in Sinai last year was downed by terrorists...
Sisi “won’t hesitate” if asked to send troops to Gulf
Egypt will not hesitate to send military forces into the territory of Arab Gulf allies to offer protection if asked by the...
Egypt’s Sisi says Britain, other NATO members must do more in...
Britain and other NATO members involved in toppling Muammar Gaddafi must do more to help prevent the spread of Islamist extremism in...
Sisi to tighten grip on Egypt despite new parliament
When general Abdel Fattah al-Sisi swapped his uniform for a suit to become Egyptian president, he mapped out a return to democracy...
Sisi to tighten grip on Egypt despite new parliament
When general Abdel Fattah al-Sisi swapped his uniform for a suit to become Egyptian president, he mapped out a return to democracy...
Egypt sets October election date, after three years without parliament
Egypt will hold a long-awaited parliamentary election, starting on Oct. 18-19, the election commission said on Sunday, the final step in a...
Wanted Egyptian militant urges jihad against Sisi
One of Egypt's most wanted men, a former special forces officer turned Islamist militant commander, has condemned President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and...
Facing new militant threat, Sisi crackdown risks more instability in Egypt
Despite the lessons of the past, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is relying on fighter planes, mass arrests and death sentences to...
Egypt pardons 165 including some jailed for illegal protests
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday pardoned 165 people, many of them young men or juveniles, who had been jailed for...
Rights group says Egypt’s Sisi gets wide Western support despite rights...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's one-year tenure in office has witnessed human rights abuses and an escalation in violence by armed groups...
Egypt’s Sisi admonishes police, government on anniversary
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reproached police and criticised his government on Sunday, a year after he took office, after critics accused...
Insight – In Egypt, ex-military men fire up Islamist insurgency
A small but highly dangerous succession of former Egyptian army officers are joining Islamist militant groups, complicating President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's efforts...
Egypt’s Sisi issues decree widening scope of security crackdown
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has signed off on an anti-terrorism law that gives authorities more sweeping powers to ban groups on...
Russia’s Putin, Egypt’s Sisi say committed to fighting terrorism
United by a deep hostility towards Islamists, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Russia's Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday they were both...
Egypt’s Sisi calls for global effort to counter militancy
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called on world leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum on Thursday to unite against the global...
Egypt to criminalise insults to ‘revolutions’ of 2011 and 2013
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi plans to issue decrees to criminalise insults to Egypt's two "revolutions" of 2011 and 2013, a spokesman said...
Egypt’s Sisi calls on West to support Libya to avoid new...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged the United States and Europe on Thursday to help the Libyan army in its fight against...
Egypt’s Sisi says pardon for Al Jazeera journalists ‘being discussed’
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suggested on Thursday he was considering pardoning journalists of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera television station jailed in...
Egypt’s Sisi – extremists destroying the region, threaten the world
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned world powers on Monday that Islamist militants are ravaging the Middle East and pose a threat...
Egypt’s Sisi wishes Al Jazeera journalists had been deported, not tried
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he wished the imprisoned Al Jazeera journalists, convicted of aiding "a terrorist group", had been deported...
Egypt’s Sisi wins presidential election with more than 90 pct of...
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who toppled Egypt's first freely elected leader, took more than 90 percent of the vote in a...
Egyptians slow to vote on extra day aimed at boosting turnout
Voting in Egypt's presidential election was slow on Wednesday after polling was extended for a third day in an attempt to boost...
In lawless Libya, Egypt’s Sisi becomes a star
Libyan civil servant Mohamed Ali has put on his business card a picture of the only man he thinks can save his...
Egypt’s Sisi says Muslim Brotherhood is finished
Egyptian presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday appeared to rule out reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood movement, raising the spectre of...
Hero to many, Egypt’s Sisi faces formidable task
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who announced on Wednesday he would run for president in a vote he is expected to win easily, has...
Egypt’s Sisi to run for president, vows to tackle militancy
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who ousted Egypt's first freely elected leader, declared his candidacy on Wednesday for a presidential election he...
Egypt’s Sisi to resign as minister, pave way for presidential bid
Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with military leaders on Wednesday to say he was resigning as defence minister...
Egypt investors believe Sisi presidency will bring stability
Egyptian Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi may not look like a model democrat, but foreign and local businessmen believe he...
Egyptian candidate questions Sisi’s commitment to democracy
Leftist presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi says he doubts Egypt's army chief will bring democracy if elected, citing alleged rights abuses since he...
Egypt’s Sisi signals he will run for president
Egypt's armed forces chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi signaled on Tuesday that he will run for president, saying he cannot ignore...
From desert hideout, shadowy Ansar militants rattle Egypt
A shadowy Islamist militant group based in the remote Sinai desert is emerging as a major threat to Egypt's stability, and there...
Russia’s Putin says supports Sisi’s bid for Egypt presidency
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday threw his weight behind a presidential bid by Egyptian Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi,...
