Latest in Tag: Interior Minister Highlight
Latest in Tag: Interior Minister

Habib Al-Adly acquitted on money laundering and graft charges
Mubarak’s interior minister was initially sentenced to 12 years, but is acquitted in retrial

Jihadist group claims bomb targeting interior minister
Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis claims responsibility of the assassination attempt

Blame and condemnation after Rabaa violence
Several political parties as well as public figures comment on the deadly Rabaa Al-Adaweya clashes

Interior Ministry: No repeats of revolution security lapses
The police will not interfere with protests, but those attacking state institutions will be dealt with “firmly”, says minister

Tunisia releases photos of politician’s suspected assassin
The facebook page of Tunisia’s interior ministry are published the photos of five Islamists wanted for the assassination of Chokri Belaid

Egypt police strike, want ‘out of politics’
Officers on strike demand the sacking of Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, who they say is working with President Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood to use the force in a political battle.

Salafists behind Belaid’s murder, 4 held: Tunisia minister
“The killer has been identified and is being chased,” Larayedh told a news conference.

Libya sacks Benghazi security chiefs
Deputy interior minister for the eastern region and the head of national security for Benghazi sacked, following the attack on the US consulate
Interior Minister guilty of ‘Port Said massacre’, says PA
CAIRO: The People’s Assembly (PA) held the interior minister responsible for what they described as the “Port Said massacre” and ordered the inclusion of the case to the fact finding committee of the January 25 Revolution’s martyrs and injured. PA Speaker Saad El-Katatny announced the recommendations at the end of an emergency session held on …
National Security to serve the people not the government, says minister
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Minister of Interior Mansour El-Essawy stressed on Wednesday that the National Security Agency won’t interfere in the political arena, unlike its disbanded predecessor, the State Security Investigations (SSI). El-Essawy told the attendees of the forum— held at the National Security headquarters under the title of “National Security prospects for the future”— that …
Interior minister disbands feared security police
By AFP CAIRO: Minister of Interior Mansour El-Essawy disbanded the long-feared state security police on Tuesday barely 10 days after taking office on a pledge to restore public confidence, state media said. “Minister of Interior Mansour El-Essawy decided today to cancel all administrative branches and offices of State Security in all the republic’s provinces,” the …
New Egypt minister takes over after offices stormed
By AFP CAIRO: A new Egyptian interior minister took office on Sunday pledging to restore public confidence in the police a day after protesters stormed several state security buildings. In an acceptance statement carried by the state MENA news agency, Mansour El-Essawi said he would take “all necessary measures to restore confidence between citizens and …
Former interior minister to go on trial March 5
CAIRO: Egypt’s once widely feared interior minister Habib El-Adly is to appear before a criminal court on March 5 accused of money laundering, judicial sources told AFP on Sunday. El-Adly would be the first of toppled president Hosni Mubarak’s regime to face trial. He was arrested on Feb. 17, along with tourism minister Zoheir Garranah …