Top Headlines

• Egypt has signed a deal with Russia to buy more than 20  Sukhoi SU-35 multi-role fighter jets
• Egypt, Jordan and Iraq issue joint call to act against terrorism
• Israel’s Netanyahu admits approving German submarine sale to Egypt
• Sudan summons Egypt’s envoy over oil exploration bids in disputed area
• Italy to grant citizenship to 13-year-old Egyptian boy who saved children on hijacked school bus
• Egypt says BBC ‘promoting lies of Muslim Brotherhood’ in online article
• Advisor to Yemeni defense minister has died in a lorry collision in Giza

Main Headlines

Monday 

• Egypt has signed a deal with Russia to buy more than 20 Sukhoi SU-35 multi-role fighter jets
• Egypt climbs up 10 ranks on the Global innovation Index
• 126,000 Indian tourists visited Egypt in 2018
• Marsa Alam receives first flight from Milan since 9 years

Tuesday

• Advisor to Yemeni defense minister has died in a lorry collision in Giza
• At least eight killed in chemical blast in Egypt
• New metro linesto be established in three Egyptian governorates

Wednesday

• Egypt sues novelist Alaa Al Aswany for “insulting the state”
• Egypt’s parliament approves law protecting personal data

Thursday

• Egypt has no pre-conditions for returning Syria to Arab League
• Court of Cassation rejected the appeal of the defendants in the case known in media as the al-Nahda sit-in dispersal
• Turkey to import Egyptian potatoes

Friday

• Sudan summons Egypt’s envoy over oil exploration bids in disputed area
• National dialogue on constitutional-amendments includes no opposition voices

Saturday

• Israel’s Netanyahu admits approving German submarine sale to Egypt
• Italy to grant citizenship to 13-year-old Egyptian boy who saved children on hijacked school bus
• Al-Azhar establishes unit “to debate atheism”
• Egypt bans singer Sherine from performing over free-speech remarks
• Uber plans to takes Over Middle-Eastern rival Careem for 3.1 billion

Sunday

• Security tops the agenda as Iraqi PM visits Egypt in his first foreign trip
• Egypt, Jordan and Iraq issue joint call to act against terrorism
• Egypt parliament condemns US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights over Golan Heights
• Egyptian Naval Forces units leave for France  for joined drills
• Israel’s Delek is exploring partnership with Egypt’s LNG plants
• Egypt’s State Information to summon BBC over “biased’ coverage
• An Egyptian court will rule on appeals of 20 blacklisted terrorists in April

Reports

• Tahrir Institute’s weekly security brief.
• What was Hamas’ Haniyeh doing in Egypt for 25 days? Adnan Abu Amer
• Will Kamel Al-Wazir break the curse of Egypt’s railways? Zeinobia
• Egypt-Israel peace treaty lives on in troubled region. France 24
• In Egypt, Nile islanders are determined to stay put. France 24

From Twitter

https://twitter.com/southfronteng/status/1109465334803685377

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1109869990390517761

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