How Israel spies on Sinai

Israel recruits Egyptian smugglers in the Sinai Peninsula to perform various missions for Israeli intelligence.

Egypt

Party payments squeeze out Egypt's youth candidates

Political parties are demanding payments of up to $28,000 for candidates to be included in their electoral lists.

Egypt

Wary of Salafists, Egypt expands control over mosques

The Egyptian state is expanding its control over the dialogue in mosques, and is now preventing Salafists from giving sermons without a permit.

Egypt

Opening of Egypt-Sudan border crossing sign of reconciliation

The opening of the land port between Egypt and Sudan comes as part of a series of conciliatory steps between the two countries.

Egypt

Egypt universities ban student political groups

The decision to ban student movements affiliated with political parties at universities in Egypt was met with support, as they prevent clashes on campus, and criticized because the decision is deemed illegal.

Egypt

Egyptian official: Poverty main cause of overpopulation

Egypt’s growing population and declining economic growth are increasingly problematic for the country's development.

Egypt

Egyptian tribes wary of new provincial boundaries

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's decision to redraw provincial boundaries is worrying Arab tribes in remote and impoverished areas, where they fear diminishing revenue and development from the central government.

Egypt

How Egypt's protest law brought down the revolution

An in-depth look at how Egypt's government is jailing the revolutionaries who helped bring the current regime to power.

Egypt

Egypt faces power cuts, potential drought

Egypt discharges extra water from the Nile to help its power shortages, yet this policy might lead to a drought if it's not properly executed.

Egypt

Islamic State becoming ‘dominant voice’ among global jihadists

The United States intensifies military planning against the Islamic State; Syria’s new Cabinet; Israel faces "highly complex reality" in Syria; IS-linked group threatens more terror, beheadings in the Sinai Peninsula; what Egypt lost in the Al Jazeera trial.

Egypt

Adopting Arab Peace Initiative will take time

Though a full implementation of the Arab Peace Initiative is currently unrealistic, gradual progress toward the initiative could help establish a Palestinian state.

Palestine

Egypt seeks help in disarming Libyan militias

While denying accusations that it helped conduct air strikes in Libya, Cairo is seeking international support for an initiative to stabilize the country and disarm the militias.

Egypt