A leading member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says there are no reconciliation initiatives currently on the table.

Security forces in Egypt have clashed with supporters of deposed Islamist President Mursi who were trying to reach the site of a former protest camp in Cairo.

Strong Egypt Party leader Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh has claimed that a draft law on protests in Egypt shows clear evidence that "we are facing a suppressive power that has no legitimacy."

A plan to end Egypt's political deadlock will be unveiled after Eid Al-Adha, Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya's Aboud El-Zomor has told US website The Daily Beast.

Locked inside a 6th century church in a desert monastery are some of the jewels of early Christianity — ancient murals in vivid pinks, greens and reds depicting saints, angels and the Virgin Mary with a baby Jesus, hidden for centuries under a blanket of black soot.

Spurned by Canada's federal government that last week branded his interest in the country's telecoms sector a national security concern, Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has pledged not to invest "even a single penny" in the country.

The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, that groups supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi, has called for demonstrations this Friday.

In Al-Sharq Al-Awsat’s Wednesday edition, Minister of Manpower and Immigration Kamal Abu Eita said the terms of the Muslim Brotherhood for reconciliation are preposterous.

Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed El-Hadidy, who established the political movement QAWEM to challenge perceptions of the Islamist group and propose solutions for a way out of the current political crisis, says both the Brotherhood and the state must make vital changes in order to move forward.

Egyptian security forces used live ammunition on October 6 to disperse supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi who were also attacked by men with firearms and swords, Amnesty International said Monday.

The leader of Egypt's largest Salafist party has called on interim President Adly Mansour not to issue a controversial protest law without first conducting a national dialogue, or at least discussing it with political forces.

The security forces arrested Tuesday a suspect in the attack on the Maadi satellite station with an RPG last week causing a one-meter hole in one of the satellite dishes.

AFP — Muslims across Egypt offered prayers at local mosques early Tuesday to mark Eid al-Adha, as security forces shut down key public squares that have seen mass protests, including Cairo’s Tahrir Square.

The City of Mahallah in Gharbiya experienced limited skirmishes between supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Morsy after Eid prayers in the early morning of Tuesday.

The Muslim Brotherhood supported calls for continued protests and strongly condemned violence used by security forces, saying it demonstrated the regime’s weakness.

Toppled President Mohamed Morsy's brother, Hussein, sent him a letter for Eid al-Adha calling on him to hold on to his position.

Alexandria security services dispersed gathering by supporters of ex-President Mohamed Morsy on Mnday. Eyewitnesses said the troops fired teargas bombs and bird shots to disperse the supporters in Geleem area, east of Alexandria. The demonstrators were gathering to condemn ‘military coup’ which caused dozens to be injured.

Egyptian authorities arrested three people, allegedly belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, in clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Mursi in Alexandria on Monday.

Efforts by Islamist figure Ahmed Kamal Abul-Magd to mediate between the Muslim Brotherhood and interim government appear to have reached an impasse.

The Muslim Brotherhood supported calls for continued protests and strongly condemned violence used by security forces, saying it demonstrated the regime’s weakness.

Egyptian authorities arrested senior Muslim Brotherhood figure Walid Al-Haddad early on Monday, security sources said.