Islamic State's Sinai branch shifts its strategy

The Egyptian military's crackdown on terrorist operations in the Sinai Peninsula force the Islamic State's Wilayat Sinai to shift some of its focus from military targets to the civilian population and local businesses.

Egypt

Can Coptic Church help solve Egyptian-Ethiopian dam dispute?

Bishop Beeman, who coordinates ties between the Egyptian and Ethiopian Coptic churches, has told Al-Monitor that the church could play an indirect role in solving the Renaissance Dam crisis between the two countries.

Egypt

Will Israel, Turkey decide the fate of Gaza?

Reports on a possible Israeli-Turkish agreement on the construction of a floating harbor off the Gaza Strip and that would be served from Turkish Cyprus rekindled internal Palestinian wrangling between Fatah and Hamas.

Palestine

How Egyptian 4-year-old faced life sentence

Faulty record-keeping in Egypt's military court system could have landed a little boy in jail.

Egypt

Will Hamas lose Gaza?

Fatah officials have recently threatened to retake Gaza by force, which Hamas leaders see as a step that undermines reconciliation efforts.

Palestine

Will Egyptians open their wallet to help Cairo get out of debt?

Egypt's president seems to think that millions of citizens donating 13 cents a day can boost Egypt’s dire economic situation — or at least boost his image.

Egypt

Why Egypt is placing its pyramids under military protection

Officials are taking tourists’ complaints to heart as they prepare to rejuvenate the great pyramids area, employing a company affiliated with the armed services to pick up the project that was abandoned in 2011.

Egypt

Egyptian government accuses Hamas of killing attorney general

The Egyptian interior minister made a shocking announcement by accusing Hamas of assassinating prosecutor Hisham Barakat back in the summer of 2015, further straining already fragile ties with the movement.

Palestine

After inviting Israeli ambassador for dinner, Egyptian MP finds himself without a job

Egyptian legislator Tawfiq Okasha, who has a habit of angering top Egyptian party leaders, angered them even more by meeting with the Israeli ambassador in Cairo and found himself dismissed from parliament.

Egypt

Will Egypt solve its police brutality problem?

Infuriated by recurring incidents of police brutality, Egyptians are demanding change.

Egypt

Is Egypt doing enough to counter widespread sexual harassment?

Although a number of recent developments offer hope to Egyptian women that efforts to combat sexual harassment are working, change is slow.

Egypt

Israeli ties with Egypt may be thawing, but no 'love and warmth' just yet

In an interview with Al-Monitor, Zionist Camp Knesset member Ksenia Svetlova claims that while progress is being made, Egyptian society is still influenced by anti-Israeli discourse and not yet ready for normalization.

Egypt