Egypt Security Sector Report
This week’s dispatch follows the expanding web of Egypt’s regional entanglements and domestic contradictions. While Sisi deepens ties with Athens, Moscow, and Ankara, the state confronts rising economic strain—from collapsing Suez Canal revenues to long-term port concessions to the UAE. Meanwhile, the military continues to tighten its grip on the economy, logistics, and leisure, even as criticism surfaces from unlikely quarters like Sawiris. On the home front, new political detentions, syndicate-led protests, and forced evictions in Port Said point to persistent tensions bubbling beneath the surface of managed stability.
📁 Palestine
Two Palestinians, Nimr el-Tawil and Nasser Khalil, who served 15 years in Egyptian prisons for alleged involvement in the 2010 “Hezbollah Cell” case, have been re-detained under a new case instead of being released. On Tuesday, an emergency court in Badr renewed their pretrial detention for 45 days under case no. 2801/2024. The charges now include joining a terrorist group and endangering national security, despite previous accusations being widely criticized as politically motivated. Rights groups say this reflects Egypt’s practice of “recycling” political prisoners into new cases to prolong detention beyond legal limits.