Egypt Independent The Sharqiya Security Directorate authorities arrested a suspect over possessing 250 grams of heroin and a firearm. He was accused of trading narcotics. The Criminal Investigation Department of the Sharqiya Security Directorate managed to arrest Mohamed F. M., 41, a resident of Zagazig who was previously charged with …
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Preemptive strikes eliminate 40 militants
Ahram Online Egypt’s Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that it had killed 40 terrorists in a raid on three hideouts in Egypt’s Giza and North Sinai governorate, a statement by the interior ministry read. The ministry highlighted that the raid was carried out at dawn on Saturday targeting terrorists who …
Read More »Residency granted to foreign owner of Egyptian properties
Ahram Online Egypt’s interior ministry said it is offering residency to foreigners who own residential properties in the country, in a bid to boost hard currency needed to improve the country’s finances. The decision came five months after the parliament passed amendments in July offering citizenship to foreigners who deposit …
Read More »Private lessons outlawed in Egyptian Education
The Ministry of Education is closing centres offering private tuition, writes Ahmed Morsy Ahmed Morsy – Al-Ahram Weekly “Educational directorates have been instructed to close all unlicensed private tutoring centres,” announced Ahmed Saber, media spokesperson for the Ministry of Education. The campaign is being carried out by the Education Ministry …
Read More »Police kill 11 fugitive terrorists in the Western Desert
Four machine guns, three pistols, five explosive belts, a handgun and a rifle were recovered after the shootout, an interior ministry statement said Ahram Online Egyptian security forces have killed 11 fugitive militants in a shootout in the country’s Western Desert, the interior ministry said in a statement Wednesday. The …
Read More »Police kill 9 terrorists in clashes in Upper Egypt desert
Egypt Independent (Al-Masry Al-Youm) Egypt’s Interior Ministry on Monday said that nine terrorists were killed in clashes with security forces in a rugged mountainous area near the Assiut-Sohag Western Desert Road near al-Ghanayem city in Upper Egypt’s Assiut Governorate. The ministry said in a statement that the National Security Agency …
Read More »Court rules part of Egypt protest law “unconstitutional”
Egypt’s top court has struck down part of a law that allowed the interior ministry to ban all but officially sanctioned protests, a court official said Saturday. The 2013 law, which has been used to jail activists for up to two years, required demonstrators to inform the interior ministry that …
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