Egypt analysis

Egypt inaugurates massive ‘Octagon’ military headquarters in regional power push - analysis

Egypt opened its new Octagon Strategic Command Headquarters, presenting the huge military center as a symbol of modernization and Cairo’s growing influence in the region.

Aerial photograph of Egypt's Octagon, July 5, 2026.
 Members of the military stand next to a helicopter next to the French ship amphibious helicopter carrier Dixmude as it docks, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the city of Al-Arish, Sinai peninsula, Egypt, January 21, 2024.

Is Egypt violating the Camp David Accords? Israel raises concerns - analysis

 ‘BOY FROM HEAVEN’: a portrait of corruption.

'Boy from Heaven' tells a fascinating story of corruption in Cairo

Palestinian Islamic jihad militants display rockets during a military show marking the 32nd anniversary of the organisation's founding, in the central Gaza Strip October 3, 2019.

Gaza peace hangs in balance as Israel, Egypt at odds over truce - analysis


Un conflit qui s'enlise

Le président égyptien voit grand pour son pays. Mais la menace terroriste compromet ses plans, tandis que l’Occident tarde à lui porter main-forte

Le président égyptien al-Sissi

How Cairo is taking the fight to Sinai militants

According to a senior security official Sisi told the meeting that he wanted more progress and that within six months he "didn't want to hear about any terrorism in Sinai."

Screenshot of Ansar Bayit al-Maqdis terrorists decapitating alleged Mossad spies

Islamic State's Egypt wing claims credit for terror attacks that killed 27

Egypt's government faces an Islamist insurgency based in Sinai and growing discontent with what critics perceive as heavy handed security tactics.

Flag of Egypt

15 protesters killed on anniversary of Egyptian uprising against Mubarak

Security forces have been stamping out dissent in Egypt since then-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ousted elected president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood in July 2013.

Supporters of an anti-Muslim Brotherhood group hit a supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, January 25

Israeli citizen released from Egyptian jail after serving two-year sentence

Andrei Pshenichnikov was sentenced in 2013 for infiltrating illegally.

Andrei Pshenichnikov

Egyptian court bans Jews from visiting Jewish mystic's grave

The court said its decision was due to "moral offenses" committed in previous years at the three-day festival celebrating the birth of Rabbi Jacob Abu Hasira.

Jacob Abu Hasira

Egypt bans the movie 'Exodus'

The studio owned by Twenty-First Century Fox Inc declined to give a reason for the ban, but films that depict biblical figures have been prohibited before in the Muslim country.

'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

Whose freedom, President Sisi?

If the military-backed government had succeeded in getting its view of freedom into the brains of all, or even most, Egyptians, then they could simply take freedom as they define it for granted.

Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi

Sisi regime shows confidence as ‘deep state’ returns to Egypt's political landscape

Expert: ‘The court’s decision pours oil on the fire of this struggle.’

Supporters of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak celebrate after hearing the verdict of his trial in Cairo November 29

Mubarak verdict leads to widespread unrest in Egypt

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Cairo University, waving pictures of Mubarak behind bars and demanding the "fall of the regime."

Supporters of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak wait for him to be transferred to a court in Cairo, November 29