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February 5, 2014

Foreign Minister on Hamas and its confrontational relationship

Egypt’s interim foreign minister has launched a scathing attack on the Islamic Resistance Movement in Palestine. Nabil Fahmy said that Hamas, which controls the political and security affairs of...

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February 5, 2014

Al-Jazeera satellite channel sues the Egyptian authorities

Qatari-owned satellite channel Al-Jazeera has filed a lawsuit against the Egyptian authorities. The channel’s London-based lawyers have accused the regime of arresting some of the channel’s reporters without any...

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February 5, 2014

Egyptian official is happy that Gaza electricity plant stopped working

Former Egyptian Electricity Minister Osama Kamal has appeared happy on a local Egyptian television network, rejoicing: “We succeeded in closing the only electricity plant in Gaza.” Speaking to a...

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February 5, 2014

Coup has failed, says military analyst

A respected military analyst has said that the coup in Egypt “has failed” just two months after the overthrow of elected President Mohammed Morsi. General Safwat El-Zayat noted that...

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February 5, 2014

French citizen killed by inmates while in Egyptian prison

A French citizen, who had been imprisoned after breaking curfew in Cairo, was killed by inmates in an Egyptian prison earlier this week. Egyptian security sources said that the...

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February 5, 2014

Are Gaza’s tunnels and the situation in Sinai really a matter of Egyptian national security?

In what is being billed as a “national security operation”, the Egyptian army is busy demolishing tunnels underneath the border with the Gaza Strip. Bulldozers are also demolishing buildings...

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February 5, 2014

Egyptian and Israeli aircraft fly over Rafah

Egyptian Apache attack helicopters and Israeli reconnaissance aircraft flew over the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, before heading for the Egyptian city of the...

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February 5, 2014

The second Israeli envoy arrives in Cairo within seven days

An Israeli security envoy arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for a short visit that only lasted for several hours. This is the second visit of an Israeli envoy to...

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February 5, 2014

Egyptian army besieges village for the second day running

Egyptian army and police officers have imposed a strict siege on the small village of Dalja for the second day running. The village is in the Al-Minya Governorate south...

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February 5, 2014

Egyptian military bulldozers raze fields searching for tunnels to Gaza

Fierce clashes erupted on Tuesday morning between Egyptian army forces and Egyptian Bedouins in the Sinai Peninsula along the border with the Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses reported. The witnesses...

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