State Information Service

Attempts to question Egypt’s role may push it to withdraw from Gaza war mediation, Diaa Rashwan

Wed, 22 May 2024 - 07:10 GMT

Egypt’s head of the State Information Service [SIS] Diaa Rashwan said that attempts to question Egypt’s mediation role may push it to withdraw from the current mediation process, al Qahera news channel reported

Egypt intensifies communications to reach ceasefire in Gaza, source

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 - 06:13 GMT

A high-ranking source said on Wednesday that Egypt is intensifying its contacts with all parties to find a way to implement ceasefire in Gaza Strip.

Egypt's ‘warning’ expression to Israel on Rafah is ‘a first in four decades’, SIS Head

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 - 09:24 GMT

Head of the State Information Service [SIS] Diaa Rashwan said that Egypt didn’t use the ‘warning’ expression with Israel in nearly four decades

Egypt denies discussing any plans of Rafah invasion with Israel, says it stands ‘completely against it’

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 - 08:39 GMT

Egypt has never discussed any plans with the Israeli side of a ground invasion to Rafah city, head of the State Information Service [SIS] Diaa Rashwan confirmed, Tuesday, denying what was mentioned in report published in one of the U.S. newspapers on this matter.

Egypt replies to ‘false Israeli allegations’ about smuggling weapons through borders with Gaza

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 03:13 GMT

Egypt has strongly denied all ‘false allegations’ that was circulated lately by several Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding any smuggling operations of weapons, explosives, or ammunition, into the Gaza Strip from Egyptian territory.

Egypt increases Gaza aid delivery to minimum of 300 trucks daily as Cairo hosts ceasefire talks

Sun, 07 Apr 2024 - 03:29 GMT

The State Information Service (SIS) announced that Egypt has escalated the number of humanitarian aid trucks entering Gaza to a minimum of 300 trucks per day through the Rafah border crossing.

Egypt denies setting up units for Palestinians at Gaza border, says it 'irreversibly' rejects displacement

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 - 08:33 GMT

Diaa Rashwan, Head of the State Information Service (SIS), has categorically denied reports that Egypt plans to establish units to shelter Palestinians at its Gaza border in the event of forced displacement caused by Israeli attacks.

Egypt intensifies efforts to pass more humanitarian aid into Gaza, Diaa Rashwan

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 - 07:10 GMT

Head of the State Information Service Diaa Rashwan said on Wednesday Egypt is exerting intensive efforts to ensure the continued entry of humanitarian aid to brothers in the Gaza Strip

Extensive media coverage of Egypt’s Presidential Elections 2024 showed no violations: SIS

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 - 02:20 GMT

Diaa Rashwan, Head of the State Information Service (SIS), said extensive media coverage of the 2024 Presidential Elections inside the country showed that the electoral process was conduced in an atmosphere of freedom and integrity.

Egypt’s Presidential election ‘serious path’ towards genuine political pluralism, SIS chief

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 - 05:32 GMT

Chairman of the State Information Service Diaa Rashwan said that Egypt is witnessing a significant and pivotal phase in its political history with the 2024 Presidential Election.

Egypt’s SIS urges Reuters to retract news that Suez Canal ship swung back after being partially freed

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 - 11:05 GMT

Reuters reported a breaking news saying that the giant container ship that was jammed across the canal swung back across channel after it has been partially refloated, citing a Reuters witness and a canal source said.

State Information Service's full statement on Guardian, NYTimes correspondents

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 - 06:39 GMT

Egypt’s SIS issued a statement, Tuesday regarding chief of the New York Times Cairo bureau Declan Walsh and the Guardian correspondent in Cairo Ruth Michaelson,

Guardian reporter’s license canceled over false coronavirus figures, apology demanded

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 - 06:35 GMT

The State Information Service (SIS) has canceled the license of the Guardian reporter and gave a warning to the chief of the New York Times bureau in Cairo over false figures on the coronavirus in Egypt.

SIS issues publication on "Egypt and Africa"

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 - 01:40 GMT

The State Information Service (SIS) has confirmed that Egypt and DR Congo have good relations based on joint interests and historical and geographic considerations.

SIS launches portal to correct understanding about human rights

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 - 11:50 GMT

The State Information Service (SIS) has launched a portal including a database of all local, regional and international information about human rights.

HRW's 'funded' reports on Egypt serve terrorist agendas: MP

Wed, 05 Jun 2019 - 10:52 GMT

An MP accused the Muslim Brotherhood and the states sponsoring it of being behind the issuance of such "false reports."

Egypt slams AI's statement on children torture in Egypt

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 - 12:51 GMT

The government's SIS denied AI's allegations stating that the Egyptian authorities have secretly abducted at least 12 children.

State Information Service denounces Human Rights Watch’s report

Sun, 14 Oct 2018 - 11:45 GMT

SIS has denounced the Human Rights Watch’s report as being biased, politicized, unprofessional and not properly documented as they conceal and distort facts.

Foreign media correspondents underline stability in Bir al-Abd, Arish

Mon, 30 Jul 2018 - 06:30 GMT

Foreign media correspondents assured the stability of the situation in Bir al-Abd village and Arish city, Northern Sinai after heavy wave of terrorism

Egypt’s SIS deplores RT’s “offending” survey over Hala’ib

Fri, 11 May 2018 - 10:50 GMT

The State Information Service deplored the survey launched by Russia Today over the sovereignty of Hala’ib Triangle located on the Egyptian-Sudanese border.

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