Date of source: Tuesday, December 18, 2012
General ‘Abd āl-Fattāh al-Sīsī, Minister of Defence and Military Production, praised the role played by the armed forces to ensure security during the first phase of the constitutional referendum, saying that this established a historical new relationship between the armed forces and the civilian...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Bishop Armīyā, one of the nominees to succeed the pope, denied reports by newspapers that he accepted condolences by the Israeli ambassador in Cairo, Yaakov Amitai. [Ashraf Sādiq, Laylá Mustafá and Tāmir ‘Abd al-Ra’ūf, al-Ahrām, March 20, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Maj. General Muhsin al-Fanjarī, Assistant Minister of Defense and member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), asserted that the armed forces would not allow any attempts to seize power out of the parameters of the law.
Fanjarī asserted SCAF's inclination to continue dialogues with all...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
On the first day of a presidential poll on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) Facebook page, Dr. Muhammad al-Barād'ī with 36% of the total number of voters – 64,000.
Barād'ī was followed by Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-'Awā with 20%, former Prime Minister Ahmad Shafīq with 12%.
Outgoing...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Field Marshal Husayn Tantāwī, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), attended ceremonies to graduate new cadets of the Police Academy.
Tantāwī underlined the important role played by policemen at present in maintaining Egypt’s security and...