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On Wednesday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi defended his nation’s role in attempting to mediate a truce deal between Hamas and Israel. Hamas has accused him of putting forward a deal which was favorable to Israel. Sisi, unlike predecessor Mohammed Morsi, has sought to isolate the Palestinian movement in Gaza. The Egyptian government had been working to contain the situation …

Ex-army chief and election front runner in the Presidential election in Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is set for a landslide victory on Tuesday, the last day of voting. Sisi last July ousted the first democratically elected President of Egypt, Mohammed Morsi, whose Muslim Brotherhood is boycotting the vote. The move has unleashed the most lethal wave of violence in recent …

On Friday, clashes between security forces and the Islamists south of Cairo led to the deaths of two people. Eyewitness reports suggest that a woman was shot in the stomach by a birdshot pellet during a protest in the governorate of Fayoum by Islamists. Reportedly, several others have been injured in the clashes, which have erupted in other parts of …