Egypt Archives - Page 17 of 117

20Aug

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Egypt, Gaza, Palestine Affairs

Hamas members held hostage by Sinai militant group

NOVANEWS Four Palestinians kidnapped at gunpoint in Egypt’s Sinai late Wednesday are members of Hamas, Egyptian security officials said, and are being held hostage by the Sinai Province militant group. Egyptian officials told Ma’an that the four Hamas members were taken hostage by the IS-affiliated group as a bargaining chip to force Hamas to release some 50 Salafists currently imprisoned in Gaza. The members were identified as Abd al-Basit Abd al-Dayim, Abdullah Said Abdullah Abu Jibbeen, Yasir Fathi Misbah Zanoun and Hussein Khamis al-Thabda. Negotiations have reportedly begun between Hamas and the militant group, with the involvement of both Palestinian and Egyptian mediators. Initial investigations suggest the Hamas members were taken to the al-Tuma village south of the city of Sheikh...

19Aug

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Egypt

Journalists, Dissenters Targets of Egypt's Draconian 'Anti-Terror' Law

NOVANEWS President Abdel Fattah al Sisi, who already rules by decree, further tightens grip on power with sweeping new legislation by: Sarah Lazare Rabaa al-Adawiya Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday officially signed into law sweeping new "anti-terrorism" legislation that dramatically expands his powers to impose the death penalty, crack down on dissent, and stamp out journalism that the government deems to be "false." The law was passed over widespread opposition, including protests from the Egyptian Press Syndicate, whose members say the legislation poses a threat to what's left of free media in the country. Al Sisi, who already rules by decree amid a suspended parliament, fast-tracked the rule following the late-June killing of state prosecutor Hisham Baraka...

18Aug

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Egypt

Rights group: 2,799 deaths by Egyptian authority in two years

NOVANEWS Some 2,799 Egyptians have been killed since the Zionist puppet Abdel Fattah el-Sisi authorities forcefully dispersed mass rallies in Cairo on August 14, 2013. The rallies were held as protest against the military coup which ousted the first every freely elected Egyptian president, an Egyptian rights group said on Friday. Anadolu News Agency reported that the Egyptian Coordination of Rights and Freedoms stated that since June 30, 2013 until today, the Egyptian authorities’ varied methods of killing resulted in a large number of deaths. According to the National Egyptian Council for Human Rights, on August 14, 2013, the Egyptian army and police dispersed the demonstrations against the military coup, killing 632 Egyptians. Meanwhile, national and international rights ...

14Aug

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Egypt

Isis 'executes' Croatian hostage Tomislav Salopek in Egypt after demands deadline passes

NOVANEWS The Independent 12 August 2015 Salopek worked for CGG Ardiseis, a French oil and gas company The Isis militant group has released a photo purporting to show the execution of the Croatian hostage Tomislav Salopek. The group previously published a video identifying the captive as a 30-year-old who was taken hostage outside Cairo on the 22 July. It threatened to kill him in 48 hours if Egypt did not release unspecified "Muslim women" from prison. An image, circulated by Isis-affiliated social media accounts on Wednesday, appeared to show Mr Salopek's decapitated body. A caption in Arabic accompanying the image read that Mr Salopek, a father of two, was killed "for his country's participation in the war against the Islamic State". Inset on the image purporting to show ...

14Aug

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Egypt, Europe

Croatia Has Not Lost Hope for Tomislav Salopek

NOVANEWS Adelina Marini, Zagreb The authenticity of the yesterday (August 12) report that the Croatian citizen Tomislav Salopek is really murdered by Islamic State terrorists in Egypt cannot be confirmed with 100% certainty. Tomislav was abducted on July 22 close to Cairo by masked jihadists, who later broadcasted a video recording that shows Tomislav wearing orange overalls and a masked terrorist standing behind him with a knife in hand. Tomislav says in the video that Egyptian authorities have 48 hours to release several women from the Muslim Brotherhood. If the terrorists’ demands are not met, Tomislav will be killed. The ultimatum deadline expired last Friday, but since then there was no information about his fate. Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs and First Deputy Prime Minister...

14Aug

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Egypt, Europe

Saudi Zio-Wahhabi 'ISIS' Brutally Beheads Croatian Hostage

NOVANEWS Saudi Zio-Wahhabi 'ISIS' Brutally Behead Croatian Hostage Who Was Kidnapped in Cairo Terrorists loyal to the Saudi Zio-Wahhabi 'ISIS' in Egypt claim to have brutally beheaded the Croatian hostage who was seen begging for his life in a chilling video message released last week. 'ISIS' supporters took to social media to share a photograph purporting to show the body of 30-year-old Tomislav Salopek, who has been held by militants in Sinai province since July 22 after being kidnapped in the capital Cairo. The gruesome image appears to show Mr Salopek's severed head placed on his back - a trademark of Saudi Zio-Wahhabi 'ISIS' militants who have brutally beheaded at least seven Western hostages over the past year. Buried in the sand next to his bloodied corpse is the chilling black ...

5Aug

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Egypt

Egypt: Saudi Zio-Wahhabi (ISIS) threatens to behead Croatian man in 48 hours

NOVANEWS Unless female prisoners in Egypt are released A video purportedly released by Saudi Zio-Wahhabi 'ISIS' has threatened to kill a Croatian father-of-two if Egyptian authorities do not release Muslim women held in Sisi prison within 48 hours. Reading from a note, he identifies himself as 30-year-old Tomislav Salopek, and says ISIS fighters captured him on July 22. If Egyptian authorities do not act, he says, he will be killed. ‘My name is Tomislav Salopek, I am 30 years old and I am coming from Croatia. I am married and I have two children,’ he tells the camera, also revealing he works for a French company and is based in Cairo. Mr Salopek continues: ‘They want to substitute me with the Muslim womens arrested in Egyptian prisons. ‘This matter have to be achieved before 48 hours ...

4Aug

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Egypt, USA

Hypocrisy on Display as US Lavishes Military Aid on Egypt

NOVANEWS In a visit to Cairo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pledged that the Egyptian government's atrocities will not prevent increased U.S. backing by: Sarah Lazare, staff writer Secretary of State John Kerry and his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shukri at a news conference on Sunday in Cairo. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Pool) Speaking in Cairo on Sunday, Secretary of State John Kerry reassured Egyptian officials that the country's human rights abuses will not get in the way of further boosts to U.S. aid, arms, and military "cooperation." "Egypt remains vital ... to engagement and stability in the region as a whole," said Kerry at joint appearance with Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri following a weekend of bilateral talks. "There are obviously circumstances...

3Aug

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Egypt, United Kingdom

UK boosts 2015 arms sales to Egypt after sinking 2013 deals

NOVANEWS THE ZIONIST BROTHERS Britain has reportedly re-boosted weapon sales to the Egyptian government in 2015 following a reduction in sales put in place after the military ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi. The US-based Newsweek magazine reported Friday that official figures released by the UK government indicated that London approved military sales licenses to Egypt for “components of military combat vehicles” worth $76.3 million in the first quarter of 2015. According to the report, the figures point to a 3,000-percent annual increase in the value of military sales to Egypt by British weapon exporters. It added that in the first quarter of 2014 military deals between the two states stood at $2.4 million in value. It further noted that some arms export licenses were canc...

31Jul

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Egypt, Human Rights, USA

Obama’s Egypt Policy Breeds Terrorism

NOVANEWS Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, By Jonathan Marshall Like a stopped clock, even rabid neoconservatives can be right once in a while. A good case in point is a recent open letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, signed by such neocon luminaries as Robert Kagan, Elliott Abrams, Reuel Gerecht and Ellen Bork, calling on the Obama administration to “press the Government of Egypt to end its campaign of indiscriminate repression in order to advance a more effective strategy for countering violent extremism.” The Obama administration, which helped blow up Libya and Syria in the name of human rights, has resumed arms shipments to the military regime of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, which seized power from a democratically elected government in 2013. Washington’s double standard not only undercuts U.S. cre...