This Week in Egypt: Week 45- 2017 ( Nov 6-12)


Top Headlines

  • Egypt’s President Sisi says he will not seek a third term in office
  • Egypt’s Sisi against idea of strikes on Iran, Hezbollah, says there is enough turmoil in the Middle East
  • Rights lawyer Khaled Ali says he will run for president in 2018
  • Egypt’s Court of Cassation upheld a five-year jail sentence against prominent opposition activist Alaa Abdel Fattah

Main Headlines

 Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

  • Egypt’s Court of Cassation upheld a five-year jail sentence against prominent opposition activist Alaa Abdel Fattah
  • British Foreign Office steps up drug warning to holiday makers in Egypt
  • Egypt reaffirms condemnation of chemical weapons use in Syria
  • French ambassador to submit report calling for lifting travel ban on Sharm el-Sheikh
  • Egypt’s parliament approved a draft law bans the use of drones that might be used to execute terror attacks

Thursday

Friday

  • Egypt’s Daesh affiliate kills 10 people a convoy of cement trucks from an army factory in central Sinai
  • IMF agrees disbursement of $2 billion loan to Egypt

Saturday

 Sunday

Good Reports

Good Read

 

From Twitter

 

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In Photo

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt

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