(Relatives of Egyptian Coptic men killed in Libya mourn in al-Our village, south of Egypt. (Photo by Asmaa Waguih/Reuters)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt strikes IS in Libya
• Egypt launches second wave of airstrikes in coordination with Libyan military
• In Minya, hundreds mourn local men slaughtered in Libya ‪
• Egypt to facilitate nationals’ return from Libya
• Egypt urges international intervention in Libya
• Tripoli-based parliament says Egyptian strike assault on sovereignty
• UK condemns ‘barbaric’ beheading of Egyptians, pledges cooperation on fighting terrorism
• Egyptian army deploys to all governorates to bolster police efforts

Tuesday

• Egypt denies imposing overfly ban for Libyan flights
• Detained Egyptian fishermen in Libya were released early Tuesday
• Coptic pope urges Egyptians to listen to travel warning for Libya
• Morsi is not referred to military court
• Half the projects in March’s investment conference to be in energy sector
• Egyptian airstrikes kill 6 gunmen in North Sinai
• 21 Egyptian fishermen are released in Libya

Wednesday

• Egypt drops calls for military action in Libya
• El-Sisi tours border with Libya
• Egypt urges lifting arm embargo on Libya
• Egypt confiscates revolution-time graffiti book for “instigating revolt”
• Egypt to push for removing “terrorist” websites
• Egypt jails student for promoting atheism on a Facebook page
• Recession hits Salloum City following the closure of Egypt-Libya border

Thursday

• Qatar has recalled its envoy to Egypt in a row over Libya strikes
• GCC rejects Egypt’s accusations to Qatar of supporting terrorism
• Pentagon says it was not notified in advance of Egypt’s strike in Libya
• Egyptian cabinet approves draft law to pave the way for privatization of electricity sector
• Policeman killed, another injured in Suez
• 4 sentenced to death for rape
• Former intelligence chief open consultancy and investment firm
• Cairo central train station to become exclusively for luxury trains

Friday 

• Report: GCC statement on Egypt was unilaterally drafted
• 183 Egyptians cross from conflict-torn Libya to Tunisia
• Hamas blasts Egyptian media over “campaign of incitement”
• 1 killed in Cairo during clashes between pro-Morsi supporters and police
• Accidental explosion kills two would-be bombers in Upper Egypt’s Minya

 Saturday

• Gulf bloc has backtracked on criticism of Egypt in its row with Qatar
• 2,967 return to Egypt through Salloum crossing from Libya in the past 24 hours
• Egypt puts two presenters from pro-Brotherhood channels on airport watch list
• Bodies of six Egyptians killed in Libya bombing has arrived in Egypt
• Egypt urges Nile Basin states to understand its water concerns
• Egypt acquits ex-minister over gas deal with Israel
• Policeman in North Sinai was killed after being hit by car
• Egyptians make fun of joining ISIS on Twitter

Sunday

• Egypt’s Sisi vows to free wrongly jailed youths
• El-Sissi says need is growing for joint Arab force
• Prosecution investigates Egyptian fighters’ involvement with the Islamic State
• Egypt has charged 215 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood with forming a militant group
• Ahmed Ezz was disqualified from running in parliamentary elections
• Morsi loyalists continue their protests at number of universities
• Egypt’s top cleric calls for reforms
• El-Sissi decrees tax hike on cigarettes in face of budget deficit

 Good Reports

• Who is participating in Egypt’s parliamentary elections? Nancy Messieh and Ali Mohamed
• West rebuffs Egypt’s proposals for military intervention in Libya. Tamer El-Ghobashy and Benoit Faucon
• Egyptian tribes shift their approach to politics Reham Mokbel
• Al-Jazeera journalist awaiting retrial in Egypt partly blames his employer for ordeal Sarah El- Deeb
• ISIS beheadings in Libya devastate an Egyptian village. Leila Fadel

Good Read

• Egypt’s security challenge: ISIS, Sinai, and the Libyan Border. Steven Simon
• Egypt sees the dawn of the new colors of Saudi’s foreign policy. Dina Ezzat
• Can Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE start a pan-Arab security alliance? Wael Nawara
• Strong Egypt: A party in the middle. Jayson Casper
• S. won’t back Egypt’s attacks on ISIS. ‪Nancy Youssef ‪
• The menace of collective punishment and lack of due diligence in Egypt . Adal Ramadan
• A return to the Middle Eastern great game. Martin Indyk

Video

• Egyptian army releases footage of its Monday airstrikes on IS targets in Libya
• ‪IMF vets Egyptian economy
• VIDEO – Egyptian al- ‪#Jazeera journalist hopeful he will clear his name after prison release ‪http://youtu.be/jftuZyeAV-0 

Timeline

• Egyptians abducted, murdered in Libya since 2013

Plus

• Maps show how terrorism is spreading through Egypt

Photo Gallery

• Pope Tawadros II leads mass prayers for the Egyptians who were beheaded in Libya

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt