Taha Sakr
Taha Sakr
Journalist / news reporter who worked previously for Daily News Egypt and The Cairo Post.Studied media and journalism at the Faculty of Mass Communication at Cairo University. His reporting focuses on the ongoing conflict in Sinai and Egyptian military strategy there, and he also covers other political stories and issues of rights and freedoms.
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry calls on Germany to rescind its warning of flying over Sinai
Egypt
July 5, 2018
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry calls on Germany to rescind its warning of flying over Sinai
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri on Thursday advised Germany to cancel a warning issued to German aviation companies forbidding…
Egypt’s Parliament approves draft law granting senior army officers more benefits
Egypt
July 5, 2018
Egypt’s Parliament approves draft law granting senior army officers more benefits
Egypt’s Parliament on Tuesday approved a draft law offering special treatment to high-ranking army officers or the supreme leaders…
Two ‘Sinai Province’ leading figures surrender to Egyptian authorities in Rafah
Egypt
July 4, 2018
Two ‘Sinai Province’ leading figures surrender to Egyptian authorities in Rafah
Two leading figures from the Islamic State (IS) affiliated group of ‘Sinai Province’ surrendered to Egyptian security authorities after…
Egypt’s Administrative Court supports presence of bearded police officers
Egypt
July 3, 2018
Egypt’s Administrative Court supports presence of bearded police officers
Vice-President of Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court, Mohamed Maher Abu al-Enein, recently issued a verdict supporting a number of police…
Egypt’s Army kills three militants, arrests 59 suspects in Sinai
Egypt
July 3, 2018
Egypt’s Army kills three militants, arrests 59 suspects in Sinai
Egypt’s Armed Forces released on Tuesday morning their 25th statement regarding the ongoing army operation ‘Comprehensive Sinai 2018’, which…
Breaking: Abbas Kamel is officially Egypt’s new Chief of Intelligence
Egypt
June 28, 2018
Breaking: Abbas Kamel is officially Egypt’s new Chief of Intelligence
Director of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s office General Abbas Kamel will be sworn before Sisi as the new director…
Army kills 32 militants in a sweeping operation inside North Sinai
Egypt
June 21, 2018
Army kills 32 militants in a sweeping operation inside North Sinai
Official spokesperson for the Egyptian army, Tamer al-Refai, released a Facebook statement on Thursday confirming that the army has…
Egyptian officials deny supposed taxes on iPhone users or on burials
Egypt
June 20, 2018
Egyptian officials deny supposed taxes on iPhone users or on burials
Egypt’s Minister of Finance Mohamed Moait on Tuesday denied posts on social media claiming that his Ministry is planning…
Turkey plans to establish global industrial city in Egypt by 2019
Business
June 19, 2018
Turkey plans to establish global industrial city in Egypt by 2019
Despite the political differences between the two countries, Turkey is planning to establish international industrial city in Egypt by…
Fees to obtain Egyptian citizenship soar to LE 10,000; Anyone still interested?
Egypt
June 19, 2018
Fees to obtain Egyptian citizenship soar to LE 10,000; Anyone still interested?
Aiming to increase the financial income of the government, Egypt’s Parliament recently approved a draft law that stipulates increasing…