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Egyptian authorities arrest Mahmoud Ezzat, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. He was serving a sentence "in absentia" and was detained in a hideout in Cairo.
2020-08-28

Gunmen kill eight policemen in an ambush outside Cairo. The attack is claimed by Islamic State.
2016-05-8

In Cairo, thousands of doctors protest against police impunity following the assault, allegedly by Egyptian police officers, of two doctors in a hospital last week. Protests here are rare since enactment of a law limiting demonstrations to those with prior police approval. Another protest is planned across all hospitals for February 20.
2016-02-12

A bomb explodes on a bus carrying Egyptian police killing one of them and injuring 29 others in the Nile delta.
2015-08-24

An Egyptian court dissolves the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood.
2014-08-9

An Egyptian court sentences 155 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to prison, including 54 life sentences.
2014-05-21

Mohammed Badie, the guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, will appear in court with 680 others to face charges of incitement to kill.
2014-03-25

Security in Cairo is tightened amid Friday prayers and protest marches called by the Muslim Brotherhood nationwide.
2013-08-16

A teenager is killed and 40 wounded while storming the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Damanhur, Egypt, during the third day of protests as a result from the power grab by Mohamed Morsi.
2012-11-25

Egypt permits legislators from the Muslim Brotherhood and other groups to enter the blockaded Gaza Strip.
2010-06-8