Espionage
Three charged in US with spying on Twitter users for Saudi Arabia
Middle East
November 7, 2019
Three charged in US with spying on Twitter users for Saudi Arabia
Two former Twitter employees and a third man were charged in San Francisco Federal Court Wednesday with spying on Twitter…
UN calls for release of ex-aide to Egypt’s Morsi, son jailed since 2013
Egypt
October 23, 2019
UN calls for release of ex-aide to Egypt’s Morsi, son jailed since 2013
GENEVA (Reuters) – An Egyptian Islamist father and his son have been detained unlawfully since 2013 as part of the…
Iran sentences man to death for spying for the CIA
Middle East
October 1, 2019
Iran sentences man to death for spying for the CIA
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian courts have sentenced one person to death for spying for the CIA and jailed two others…
Eleven MB leaders receive life prison sentences
Egypt
September 11, 2019
Eleven MB leaders receive life prison sentences
On Wednesday, the Cairo Criminal Court headed by Judge Mohamed Shereen Fahmy sentenced 11 Muslim Brotherhood leaders to life in…
Iran says breaks up CIA spy ring, some sentenced to death
Middle East
July 22, 2019
Iran says breaks up CIA spy ring, some sentenced to death
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran captured 17 spies working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and some have been sentenced…
Cairo Court sentences Al-Azhar professor and others for espionage
Egypt
July 7, 2019
Cairo Court sentences Al-Azhar professor and others for espionage
The Supreme State Security Criminal Court sentenced an Al-Azhar professor to 15 years in prison and a fine of LE500,000,…
Lawyer: Morsi’s family allowed to attend burial preparations
Egypt
June 19, 2019
Lawyer: Morsi’s family allowed to attend burial preparations
Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Maksoud, lawyer for the family of former President Mohamed Morsi, stated that Morsi’s sons Abdallah, Omar, Ahmed, Ossama, alongside…
Iran says it dismantled a U.S. cyber espionage network
Middle East
June 18, 2019
Iran says it dismantled a U.S. cyber espionage network
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday it had exposed a large cyber espionage network it alleged was run by…
Nizar Zakka: Iran frees US resident imprisoned for espionage
Middle East
June 12, 2019
Nizar Zakka: Iran frees US resident imprisoned for espionage
Iranian authorities said on Tuesday that they had released Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese businessman arrested in Tehran in 2015 after being accused of…
Chelsea Manning freed from jail on contempt charge – for now
World
May 10, 2019
Chelsea Manning freed from jail on contempt charge – for now
Chelsea Manning was released on Thursday from a Virginia prison she where had been jailed for refusing to testify, two…