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.
Al-Rawaada mosque bombing leaves 85 dead, 80 injured: state-media
Egypt
November 24, 2017
Al-Rawaada mosque bombing leaves 85 dead, 80 injured: state-media
State media outlets, including Akhbar Al Youm, are now reporting that 85 people have been killed and another 80 injured…
Breaking: massive Al-Arish mosque explosion leaves 75 injured
Egypt
November 24, 2017
Breaking: massive Al-Arish mosque explosion leaves 75 injured
A massive explosion targeting worshippers in Al-Rawada mosque, in the North Sinai city of Al-Arish has left dozens of…
Egypt re-imposes entry visas on Qatari citizens
Egypt
November 23, 2017
Egypt re-imposes entry visas on Qatari citizens
Qatari citizens will no longer be permitted to enter Egypt unless they hold an entry visa, after Egypt’s Interior Minister Magdi…
Deadlock in GERD talks: What is Egypt’s future strategy, diplomacy or military strikes?
Features/Interviews
November 21, 2017
Deadlock in GERD talks: What is Egypt’s future strategy, diplomacy or military strikes?
News of the failure to reach an agreement in the tripartite negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan regarding the construction…
Head of Arish Central Security Forces survives assassination attempt
Egypt
November 19, 2017
Head of Arish Central Security Forces survives assassination attempt
Head of Egypt’s Central Security Forces (CSF) in the North Sinai city of Al-Arish, Nasser Al-Husseini, and other police personnel…
Wahat attackers inspired by al-Qaida: sole survivor
Egypt
November 17, 2017
Wahat attackers inspired by al-Qaida: sole survivor
In an interview broadcasted on Thursday evening on privately-run TV channel Al-Hayah, the sole militant who survived the Egyptian army’s counter-insurgency…
Sole surviving Wahat militant is Libyan national from Derna: Interior Ministry
Egypt
November 16, 2017
Sole surviving Wahat militant is Libyan national from Derna: Interior Ministry
The Interior Ministry said on Thursday that the sole militant who survived the Egyptian army’s counter-insurgency operation conducted against the…
Video: Sole-surviving Wahat militant to publicly reveal information
Egypt
November 16, 2017
Video: Sole-surviving Wahat militant to publicly reveal information
The foreign sole-surviving militant of an air strike and military raids conducted in response to the El-Wahat El Baheria attack…
Meet the Egyptian Motorcyclist Ali Abdo who broke Guinness World Record in Motocross
Features/Interviews
November 12, 2017
Meet the Egyptian Motorcyclist Ali Abdo who broke Guinness World Record in Motocross
A new world record for the longest distance crossed on a motocross bike in one day was achieved by the…
Al-Qaeda-affiliated group Jund al-Islām vows to eliminate IS in Sinai
Egypt
November 12, 2017
Al-Qaeda-affiliated group Jund al-Islām vows to eliminate IS in Sinai
A little-known militant group called Jund al-Islām, inspired by Al-Qaeda ideology, declared on Saturday that it carried out a military attack…