CAIRO: Egypt's military leader, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, met the head of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry, and the delegation accompanying him today.
They discussed international and regional developments as well as (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) today issued decree No. 131/2011 to amend certain provisions of decree 344/1952, which reformed 173/ 1952. The law is known in the media alternately as the ‘law of treachery,' ‘law of (...)
A sourse in the Swiss Ministry of Finance, Olivier Long Champ, announced the Swiss government froze U.S. $340 million of the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's accounts. However, this account is too small compared to the other secret (...)
Head of military judiciary authority, Major General Adel Mahmoud al-Morsi, said military judiciary is doing its role according to the constitution and Law, as independent judiciary authority which has to achieve justice.
Al-Morsi assured military (...)
Egypt's ruling military council denied completely of claims of the Egyptian army shooting citizens during and since the Egyptian January 25 Revolution.
They also denied running over citizen or even enemies throughout their history.
“Egyptian (...)
Editor's Note: the following is a translation of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces' most recent electoral law amendments.
Article (49):
It is decided to imprison those who;
• Express opinion in elections or referendum without having the (...)
CAIRO: Civilians detained in military prisons are being transferred to prisons run by the Egyptian Interior Ministry, according to a military source.
“All civil prisoners in military prisons in the region of Hykestep will be transferred to (...)
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) met Dr. Nafea Ali Nafea, assistant to the President of Republic of Sudan and the Sudanese delegation visiting Egypt Thursday.
They discussed common (...)
CAIRO: Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt's ruling military council, met the new U.S. Ambassador to Cairo, Anne Patterson, this morning at the military council headquarters.
They discussed common issues and ways to support (...)
"The mission of Egypt's armed forces at this phase is to schedule and monitor honest elections and handle Egypt's transition to legitimate civil authority," said Chairman of the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces Hussein Tantawi.
Tantawi met (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's ruling military council says the April 6 Youth movement aims to create strife between the Egyptian people and the army.
The council released statement No. 69 on its Facebook page in response to yesterday's events.
“We believe in (...)
The Supreme Military Council has refused to approve the Egyptian general budget for 2011-2012 announced by the government.
The military council refused the budget because it included articles on borrowing three billions dollars from the (...)