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This Week In Egypt: Week 39-2019 (Sept 23-28)
Top Headlines Scattered anti-Sisi protests hit Egypt, as supporters stage their own rallies Egypt’s president told supporters not to worry about calls for further protests against his rule on Friday Prominent Egyptian activist arrested as crackdown continues ISIS claims attack … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaa Abdel Fattah, Egypt, ISIS, Mohamed Ali, protests, Sinai, Sisi, Tahrir
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This Week in Egypt: Week 32-2019 (Aug 5-11)
Top Headlines Massive car explosion outside Egypt’s National Cancer Institute in Cairo Egypt identifies perpetrator behind Monday’s car explosion Egyptian security forces killed 17 jihadists after hospital attack Egypt’s inflation at 4-year low of 8.7% Cairo hosts delegation of Sudan … Continue reading
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Tagged Cancer Institute, Car bomb, Egypt, Egypt's inflation, Egypt's unemployment, Sisi, Sudan
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This Week in Egypt: Week 31 ( July 29-Aug 4)
Top Headlines Kushner meets Egypt’s Sisi for Israeli-Palestenian peace plan talks Egypt: Sinai will ‘never be’ part of Trump Israeli-Palestinian peace plan Greece and Egypt urge Turkey to stop aggression in eastern Mediterranean Egypt hands Ethiopia its vision for the … Continue reading
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This Week in Egypt: Week 30 ( July 22-28)
Top Headlines British airways resumes flights to Cairo Immigration minister says controversial statement taken out of context Egypt has received 930 surplus US mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs) Brotherhood member reveals ’embezzlement’ among group’s fugitives in Turkey Egypt demands ‘practical measures’ … Continue reading
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Tagged British airway, Egypt, Ethiopia, Farida Osman, Immigration Minister, Muslim Brotherhood
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This Week in Egypt: Week 26-2019 ( June 24-30)
Top Headlines Egypt’s Sisi meets world leaders at G20 summit in Japan Four suspected ISIS operatives, including two Egyptians, were arrested in Nicaragua, as they crossed from Costa Rica Terrorists killed seven members of Egyptian security forces in Sinai Amr Warda dismissed … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt, Uncategorized
Tagged AFCON19, Amr Warda, Egypt, G20, ISIS, MBS, Mo Salah, Sinai, Sisi
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This Week in Egypt: Week 16 ( April 15-21)
Top Headlines Egypt votes on changes that would allow President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to rule until 2030 Special U.S. Envoy Greenblatt: Deal of the Century does not include Sinai Moody’s upgrades Egypt’s rating to B2, expects more economic growth Egypt’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbas, Constitutional Referendum 2019, Egypt, Mo Salah, Moody's, Palm Sunday, Sisi, Sri Lanka, Sudan
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This Week in Egypt: Week 10-2019 ( March 4-10)
Top Headlines Six Egyptians are killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash Egypt’s Sisi appoints close military ally as transport minister Egyptian photojournalist Shawkan is released after five years in prison Malaysia deports 6 Egyptians allegedly affiliated with Ansar al-Sharia radical group … Continue reading
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Reblog: Russian missiles separate NATO allies U.S. and Turkey
What would President Trump ask from Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan if he were allowed to ask for one thing only? An American official talking to a group of Turks on condition of anonymity recently asked that rhetorical question and continued…
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This Week in Egypt: Week 9-2019 ( Feb 25-Mar 3)
Top headlines Dozens killed and injured in crash and fire at Cairo’s main railway station Cairo crash driver left train with brakes off during row Egypt’s transport minister resigns after deadly Cairo train crash Hamas members arrested in Egypt in … Continue reading
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Tagged Cairo, Cairo's train station, Egypt, Hamas, Rami Malek, Train accident, Turkey
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Twitter Thread: Palestinian fighters from Gaza who joined ISIS branch in Egypt’s Sinai
This is an important thread by Mahmoud Gamal on Palestenian fighters who joined ISIS’s Sinai branch: https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099598190490406913 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099598208358076416 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099598221377196032 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099598869921480704 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099599576443600896 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099599842995777537 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099600474699911168 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099600888551882754 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099601432951640064 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099601905121144832 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099602174634586118 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099602510283751425 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099603769447403520 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099604194573594624 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099604780731772928 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099605204012535808 https://twitter.com/mahmouedgamal44/status/1099605663024664576
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